Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Dec 28, 2020 |
committed to rules |
Feb 10, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 05, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 04, 2020 |
1st report cal.347 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Dec 13, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6906
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
-
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
-
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
-
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2019-S6906 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9678
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 23 Title 29 §23-2901, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2021-2022:
S4099
2023-2024: S7970
2019-S6906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6906 SPONSOR: METZGER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to permanently ban horizontal drill- ing, high-volume hydraulic fracturing, and gelled propane hydraulic fracturing. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 - Amends Article 23 of the environmental conservation law to create a new title 29. Title 29 defines the terms "high-volume hydraulic fracturing" and "gelled propane hydraulic fracturing". This article prohibits the practice of "high-volume hydraulic fracturing" and "gelled propane hydraulic fracturing".
2019-S6906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6906 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E December 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. METZGER -- 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 horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 23 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding new title 29 to read as follows: TITLE 29 HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SECTION 23-2901. PROHIBITION ON HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING. § 23-2901. PROHIBITION ON HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS THE STIMULATION OF A WELL USING THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE GALLONS OF WATER AS THE BASE FLUID FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FOR ALL STAGES IN A WELL COMPLETION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE WELL IS VERTICAL OR DIRECTIONAL, INCLUDING HORIZONTAL. THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND-GALLON THRESHOLD IS THE SUM OF ALL WATER, FRESH AND RECYCLED, USED FOR ALL STAGES IN A WELL COMPLETION. (B) "GELLED PROPANE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS A PROCESS THAT USES GELLED PROPANE OR LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS TO FRACTURE GEOLOGIC FORMA- TIONS. 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AND GELLED PROPANE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SHALL BE DEEMED PROHIBITED IN THE STATE. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14480-01-9
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.