assembly Bill A3971

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York state drinking water bill of rights

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Jan 05, 2022 referred to health
Jan 29, 2021 referred to health

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A3971 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5588
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6803
2019-2020: A3361, S5334
2023-2024: S2434

A3971 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes.

A3971 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3971
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,  DeSTEFANO, SCHMITT, L. ROSENTHAL,
   COLTON, EPSTEIN, THIELE, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
   GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to direct certain state agencies to consider the right to potable
   water  when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations,
   and grant criteria that are relevant to or affect that right
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  All  relevant state agencies, including the department of
 health, the department of environmental conservation and the  department
 of  public  service shall consider the right to safe, clean, affordable,
 and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and  sani-
 tary  purposes  when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regu-
 lations, and grant criteria that are relevant to or affect that right.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01522-01-1