Assembly Bill A411

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to declaring a climate emergency and placing a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure

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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-A411 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3581
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1-0103, Art 23 Title 29 §23-2901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5399, S5518
2021-2022: A625, S2835

2023-A411 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

2023-A411 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    411
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CARROLL, COLTON, SIMON, REYES, L. ROSENTHAL,
   STECK, EPSTEIN, BURDICK, ANDERSON, JACKSON, MAMDANI,  OTIS  --  Multi-
   Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   declaring  a  climate  emergency  and placing a ban on new fossil fuel
   infrastructure
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 1-0103 to read as follows:
 § 1-0103. CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND POLICY.
   1. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) A CLIMATE EMERGENCY EXISTS THAT THREATENS THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK,
 THE NATION, AND THE WORLD;
   (B)  IRREVOCABLE  DAMAGE  TO THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY GLOBAL
 WARMING OF APPROXIMATELY ONE DEGREE CELSIUS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE EARTH
 IS ALREADY TOO HOT FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE, AS ATTESTED BY INCREASED  AND
 INTENSIFYING  WILDFIRES,  FLOODS,  RISING  SEAS, DISEASES, DROUGHTS, AND
 EXTREME WEATHER;
   (C) ON APRIL TWENTY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, WORLD  LEADERS  FROM
 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR COUNTRIES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION RECOGNIZED THE
 THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE URGENT NEED TO COMBAT IT BY SIGNING THE
 PARIS AGREEMENT, AGREEING TO KEEP WARMING WELL BELOW TWO DEGREES CELSIUS
 ABOVE  PRE-INDUSTRIAL  LEVELS AND TO PURSUE EFFORTS TO LIMIT THE TEMPER-
 ATURE INCREASE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF DEGREES FAHRENHEIT;
   (D) ON OCTOBER EIGHTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  THE  UNITED  NATIONS
 INTERNATIONAL  PANEL  ON  CLIMATE  CHANGE  ("IPCC")  RELEASED  A SPECIAL
 REPORT, WHICH PROJECTED THAT LIMITING WARMING TO THE  ONE  AND  ONE-HALF
 DEGREES CELSIUS TARGET THIS CENTURY WILL REQUIRE AN UNPRECEDENTED TRANS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00530-01-3
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