Assembly Bill A5867

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a space exploration task force

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2025-A5867 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6003
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Economic Development

2025-A5867 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a space exploration task force to study the potential for economic opportunities, ensuring the future survival of humanity and developing strategic advantages for this state by means of evolving space technology.

2025-A5867 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5867
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing the space exploration task force
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  a.  A  temporary task force, to be known as the temporary
 task force on space exploration, is hereby created to study  the  poten-
 tial  for  economic,  academic, and cultural opportunities, ensuring the
 future survival of humanity and developing strategic advantages for this
 state by means of evolving space technology and a growing space economy.
 Such task force shall be comprised of appropriate state  agency  person-
 nel, scientists, and experts in the field of space exploration.
   b. The task force shall be comprised of:
   (i) two members appointed by the governor;
   (ii) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (iii) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (iv) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
   (v) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
   c. The task force shall:
   (i)  examine and evaluate the economic opportunities provided by space
 exploration and evolving space technologies in other  states  and  coun-
 tries;
   (ii) establish comprehensive metrics to monitor the health and vitali-
 ty  of  the  entire  New York space ecosystem to identify challenges and
 track important trends over time;
   (iii) identify the potential impacts on New York of the discovery  and
 exploration  of celestial structures in outer space by means of evolving
 space technology; and
   (iv) make recommendations on how  to  utilize  space  exploration  and
 evolving  space  technologies  for  the purposes of advancing scientific
 research, exploring new economic and  academic  opportunities,  ensuring
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10068-01-5

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