NY A01424 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-05 - advanced to third reading cal.460
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts "private environmental law enforcement act"; authorizes any private citizen who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected to commence civil judicial actions for injunctive or declaratory relief to remedy environmental harms under certain circumstances; provides that such action may be commenced against any person for any violation of an administrative or court order compelling an investigation or remediation of an inactive hazardous waste disposal site.

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Title

Enacts "private environmental law enforcement act"; authorizes any private citizen who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected to commence civil judicial actions for injunctive or declaratory relief to remedy environmental harms under certain circumstances; provides that such action may be commenced against any person for any violation of an administrative or court order compelling an investigation or remediation of an inactive hazardous waste disposal site.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-03-03 - Assembly - Assembly Codes Committee: Favorable (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Assembly - Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes (Y: 20 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-03-05Assemblyadvanced to third reading cal.460
2020-03-03Assemblyreported
2020-02-25Assemblyreported referred to codes
2020-01-08Assemblyreferred to environmental conservation
2019-01-15Assemblyreferred to environmental conservation

Same As/Similar To

S05013 (Same As) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

New York State Sources


Bill Comments

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