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Assembly Bill A3331

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the use of gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers during certain months

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2025-A3331 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S424
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1300-d, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7599
2021-2022: A5375, S1113
2023-2024: A2133, S2132

2025-A3331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers between May 1st and September 30th.

2025-A3331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3331
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ,  BURDICK,  PAULIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
   EPSTEIN, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
   use of gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers during certain months

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1300-d to read as follows:
   § 1300-D. GAS-POWERED LEAF AND LAWN BLOWERS. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A
 GAS-POWERED  LEAF  AND LAWN BLOWER FOR ANY PURPOSE BETWEEN MAY FIRST AND
 SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH. ANY PERSON WHO  VIOLATES  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT TO A CIVIL FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect May 1, 2027.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01674-01-5

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Chaya_Gruber
4 months ago

Extreme noise pollution and a threat to human health

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