senate Bill S724

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the lease of state forests, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas production

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed/Vetoed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 21, 2023 referred to environmental conservation
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 30, 2023 advanced to third reading
Jan 25, 2023 2nd report cal.
Jan 24, 2023 1st report cal.201
Jan 06, 2023 referred to environmental conservation

Votes

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Mar 21, 2023 - floor Vote

S724
59
3
floor
59
Aye
3
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Mar 21, 2023

aye (59)
nay (3)
excused (1)

Jan 24, 2023 - Environmental Conservation committee Vote

S724
10
0
committee
10
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Jan 24, 2023

aye (10)
aye wr (1)

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S724 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-1101, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6220
2015-2016: S1218
2017-2018: S3440
2019-2020: S3569
2021-2022: S1421

S724 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the lease of state forests, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas production.

S724 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    724
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SERRANO, HOYLMAN, KAVANAGH, MAY, SEPULVEDA -- 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 lease of state forests, wildlife management areas  and
   unique areas for gas production
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1  of  section  23-1101  of  the
 environmental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws of
 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   a. The exploration, development and production of gas  in  state-owned
 lands,  except  state  park  lands,  STATE  FORESTS, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
 AREAS, UNIQUE AREAS, the marine  and  coastal  district  as  defined  in
 section  13-0103 of this chapter, and the lands under the waters of Lake
 Ontario or along its shoreline; and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02833-01-3

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