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Senate Bill S8529

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the release of certain chemical compounds into the atmosphere in this state

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2025-S8529 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5476
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-330, En Con L

2025-S8529 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the intentional injection, release or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather or the intensity of sunlight.

2025-S8529 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8529 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8529
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEIK  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the release of certain chemical compounds into the atmos-
   phere

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 19-330 to read as follows:
 § 19-330. RELEASE OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS PROHIBITED.
   THE INTENTIONAL INJECTION, RELEASE OR DISPERSION,  BY  ANY  MEANS,  OF
 CHEMICALS,  CHEMICAL  COMPOUNDS,  SUBSTANCES  OR  APPARATUS  WITHIN  THE
 BORDERS OF THIS STATE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE WITH THE  EXPRESS  PURPOSE  OF
 AFFECTING TEMPERATURE, WEATHER OR THE INTENSITY OF SUNLIGHT IS PROHIBIT-
 ED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09287-01-5

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