NY A08490 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Engrossed on June 22 2009 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-04-20 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Pending: Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

This bill would establish a Permanent Environmental justice Advisory Group within the Department of Environ- mental Conservation (DEC) and an Environmental Justice Interagency Coor- dinating Council, and would require state agencies to adopt and abide by effective environmental justice policies.

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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; provides that advisory group to adopt a model environmental justice policy applicable to state agencies, monitor agencies on compliance with such policies; specifies responsibilities of state agencies; establishes an environmental justice interagency coordinating council.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2010-04-20 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 144 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2010-04-20 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2010-04-20 delivered to senate
2010-04-20 passed assembly
2010-01-06 ordered to third reading cal.592
2010-01-06 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2010-01-06 DIED IN SENATE
2009-06-22 REFERRED TO RULES
2009-06-22 delivered to senate
2009-06-22 passed assembly
2009-06-18 amended on third reading 8490a
2009-06-10 ordered to third reading rules cal.217
2009-06-10 rules report cal.217
2009-06-10 reported
2009-06-10 reported referred to rules
2009-06-02 reported referred to ways and means
2009-05-21 referred to environmental conservation

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Bill Comments

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