NY A03063 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 22 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-05 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Pending: Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal, and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and tribal programs and policies; empowers that advisory group to adopt a model environmental justice policy applicable to state agencies, and to monitor agencies on compliance with such policies; specifies responsibilities of state agencies; establishes an environmental justice interagency coordinating council.

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Title

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal, and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and tribal programs and policies; empowers that advisory group to adopt a model environmental justice policy applicable to state agencies, and to monitor agencies on compliance with such policies; specifies responsibilities of state agencies; establishes an environmental justice interagency coordinating council.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2015-04-22 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 109 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2016-05-05SenateREFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2016-05-04Assemblydelivered to senate
2016-05-04Assemblypassed assembly
2016-01-06Assemblyordered to third reading cal.139
2016-01-06SenateRETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2016-01-06SenateDIED IN SENATE
2015-04-22SenateREFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2015-04-22Assemblydelivered to senate
2015-04-22Assemblypassed assembly
2015-03-27Assemblyadvanced to third reading cal.137
2015-03-26Assemblyreported
2015-03-17Assemblyreported referred to ways and means
2015-01-22Assemblyreferred to environmental conservation

Same As/Similar To

S01525 (Same As) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

New York State Sources


Bill Comments

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