Senate Bill S424

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the use of gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers during certain months

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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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2025-S424 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1300-d, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7599
2021-2022: S1113
2023-2024: S2132

2025-S424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers between May 1st and September 30th.

2025-S424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    424
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LIU, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MYRIE -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
   use of gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers during certain months

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1300-d to read as follows:
   § 1300-D. GAS-POWERED LEAF AND LAWN BLOWERS. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A
 GAS-POWERED  LEAF  AND LAWN BLOWER FOR ANY PURPOSE BETWEEN MAY FIRST AND
 SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH. ANY PERSON WHO  VIOLATES  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT TO A CIVIL FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect May 1, 2027.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01674-01-5

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