Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Mar 12, 2019 |
print number 2878b |
Mar 12, 2019 |
amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation |
Feb 06, 2019 |
print number 2878a |
Feb 06, 2019 |
amend and recommit to environmental conservation |
Jan 30, 2019 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S2878B
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2019-S2878 - Details
2019-S2878 - Summary
Establishes a green new deal for New York task force; requires such task force to develop a detailed statewide, industrial, economic mobilization plan for the transition of the New York economy to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral by 2030 and to significantly draw down greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and oceans and to promote economic and environmental justice and equality.
2019-S2878 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2878 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish a green new deal for New York task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof PURPOSE: This bill would establish a Green New Deal for New York Task Force consisting of eighteen voting members. The Task Force would develop a plan, along with legislative bill language, for New York State to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral by 2030 by transitioning from a fossil fuel-based economy to one based on one-hundred percent clean renewable energy. The purpose of this bill is to prevent the catastrophic conse- quences of climate change and to promote economic growth and job creation for the benefit of all New Yorkers. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
2019-S2878 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2878 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 30, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to establish a green new deal for New York task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there- of THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Green new deal for New York task force. 1. There shall be a task force for a green new deal for New York which shall consist of the following eighteen voting members: three members appointed by the governor, one of which shall serve as the chair of the task force; pres- ident of the New York state energy research and development authority, or his or her designee; the chair of the public service commission, or his or her designee; the commissioner of environmental conservation; or his or her designee; president of empire state development or his or her designee; the commissioner of transportation, or his or her designee; the commissioner of health, or his or her designee; and the commissioner of agriculture and markets, or his or her designee; the three members appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one of whom shall be a representative from the private sector; three members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom shall be a representative from the private sector; one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; and in consultation with the following and other relevant state agen- cies, public authorities, local governments, the federal government and non-governmental organizations: the department of health, the department of labor, the department of state, the division of homeland security and emergency services, the power authority of the state of New York, the long island power authority, the department of taxation and finance, the metropolitan transportation authority, the state university of New York, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07108-01-9
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
(D) 19th Senate District
2019-S2878A - Details
2019-S2878A - Summary
Establishes a green new deal for New York task force; requires such task force to develop a detailed statewide, industrial, economic mobilization plan for the transition of the New York economy to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral by 2030 and to significantly draw down greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and oceans and to promote economic and environmental justice and equality.
2019-S2878A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2878A SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish a green new deal for New York task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expira- tion thereof PURPOSE: This bill would establish a Green New Deal for New York Task Force consisting of nineteen voting members. The Task Force would develop a plan, along with legislative bill language, for New York State to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral by 2030 by transitioning from a fossil fuel-based economy to one based on one-hundred percent clean renewable energy. The purpose of this bill is to prevent the catastrophic conse- quences of climate change and to promote economic growth and job creation for the benefit of all New Yorkers. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: -Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new Article 51 to
2019-S2878A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2878--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 30, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to establish a green new deal for New York task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there- of THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Green new deal for New York task force. 1. There shall be a task force for a green new deal for New York which shall consist of the following nineteen voting members: three members appointed by the governor, one of which shall serve as the chair of the task force; pres- ident of the New York state energy research and development authority, or his or her designee; the chair of the public service commission, or his or her designee; the commissioner of environmental conservation; or his or her designee; president of empire state development or his or her designee; the commissioner of transportation, or his or her designee; the commissioner of health, or his or her designee; and the commissioner of agriculture and markets, or his or her designee; the president of the New York state AFL-CIO or his or her designee; the three members appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one of whom shall be a representative from the private sector; three members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom shall be a representative from the private sector; one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; and in consultation with the following and other relevant state agen- cies, public authorities, local governments, the federal government and non-governmental organizations: the department of health, the department of labor, the department of state, the division of homeland security and emergency services, the power authority of the state of New York, the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
2019-S2878B (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S2878B (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a green new deal for New York task force; requires such task force to develop a detailed statewide, industrial, economic mobilization plan for the transition of the New York economy to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral by 2030 and to significantly draw down greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and oceans and to promote economic and environmental justice and equality.
2019-S2878B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2878B REVISED 06/04/19 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish a Green New Deal for New York task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE: This bill would establish a Green New Deal for New York Task Force consisting of nineteen voting members. The Task Force would develop a plan, along with legislative bill language, for New York State to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral by 2030 by transitioning from a fossil fuel-based economy to one based on one-hundred percent clean renewable energy. The purpose of this bill is to prevent the catastrophic conse- quences of climate change and to promote economic growth and job creation for the benefit of all New Yorkers. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Legislative Findings and Intent.
2019-S2878B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2878--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 30, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, BIAGGI, COMRIE, MAY, PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to establish a Green New Deal for New York task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. 1. The legislature recog- nizes the duty of the New York state government to create a Green New Deal for New York. An October 2018 report entitled "Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C" by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the November 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment report found that: (a) human activity is the dominant cause of observed climate change over the past century; (b) a changing climate is causing sea levels to rise and an increase in wildfires, severe storms, droughts, and other extreme weather events that threaten human life, healthy communities, and critical infrastruc- ture; (c) global warming at or above 2 degrees Celsius beyond preindustrial- ized levels will cause: (i) mass migration from the regions most affected by climate change; (ii) more than $500,000,000,000 in lost annual economic output in the United States by the year 2100; (iii) wildfires that, by 2050, will annually burn at least twice as much forest area in the western United States than was typically burned by wildfires in the years preceding 2019; (iv) a loss of more than 99 percent of all coral reefs on earth; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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