Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 08, 2021 | advanced to third reading |
Feb 03, 2021 | 2nd report cal. |
Feb 02, 2021 | 1st report cal.237 |
Jan 06, 2021 | referred to environmental conservation |
senate Bill S355
Sponsored By
Brad Hoylman
(D, WF) 27th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Pete Harckham
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Robert Jackson
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
S355 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A903
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §23-0305, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012: A6913
2013-2014: S3333, A9074, A3561
2015-2016: S48, A4905, A211
2017-2018: S575, A451, A4720
2019-2020: S1858, A2295, A7933
S355 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S355 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the use of drilling fluids, brine, and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would prohibit waste water from hydrofracking, which contains a variety of chemical and possibly radioactive contaminants, from being used on highways for purposes such as melting ice. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The bill prohibits flowback water from oil and gas wells, pools, or fields, i.e., the waste water from hydrofracking operations, from being used on highways.
S355 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 355 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, ADDABBO, HARCKHAM, KRUEGER, PARKER, RIVERA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the use of drilling fluids, brine, and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 23-0305 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows: 15. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF DRILLING FLUIDS, BRINE, AND FLOWBACK WATER FROM WELLS, POOLS OR FIELDS ON ANY HIGHWAY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW, FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO USE FOR DE-ICING, DUST SUPPRESSION OR ANY OTHER USE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01398-02-1
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