Assembly Bill A1615

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the purchase and use of glyphosate by certain entities

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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

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2023-A1615 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S262
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §33-1301, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8207, S8245

2023-A1615 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the purchase of glyphosate by any state department, agency, public benefit corporation or any pesticide applicator employed thereby as a contractor or subcontractor and the application of glyphosate on property owned, operated or leased by the state.

2023-A1615 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1615
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting the purchase and use of glyphosate by certain entities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 12 of  section  33-1301  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  19 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   12. For any state department, agency, public  benefit  corporation  or
 any pesticide applicator employed thereby as a contractor or subcontrac-
 tor to PURCHASE ANY PRODUCT CONTAINING GLYPHOSATE OR apply glyphosate on
 [state]  property[, provided that the application of glyphosate on state
 property is permitted only for (a) direct application  in  circumstances
 when  there  is no actual or significant threat of direct human exposure
 and no effective and practicable alternative, and (b) for the  following
 uses, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department:
   (i) to maintain critical infrastructure;
   (ii) to manage roadside vegetation to ensure public safety;
   (iii)  habitat  management for the control of invasive species identi-
 fied pursuant to title seventeen of article nine of this chapter,  pests
 of significant public health importance, noxious weeds designated by the
 department as injurious to ecosystem health, and the protection of crit-
 ical native plant species; and
   (iv)  for  research  purposes  to develop sustainable alternatives for
 agricultural and environmental usages, as well as research regarding the
 environmental motility of glyphosate.
   The department shall post information on its website regarding glypho-
 sate usage pursuant to this section, including amount and  location,  by
 April first of each year] OWNED, OPERATED OR LEASED BY 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.
                                                            LBD01110-01-3

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