Bill Memos - 2023

Bill Memos 2023

Every week during the New York State Legislative Session, Environmental Advocates NY is busy reviewing legislative proposals and assessing the environmental benefits and determinants of each proposal. Our multi-tiered rating system weights bills according to their potential impacts – either beneficial or detrimental – on New York’s environment.

The “Trees and Smokestacks” rating system is designed to place appropriate emphasis on each bill. Our memo process is a trusted tool and resource for legislators and staff, as well as to those interested in the legislative proposals of our state government. At the end of each session these weighted votes are totaled to arrive at a final environmental score for each legislator.

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* Bill memos marked with an asterisk have been signed into law.

– Bill memos marked with a hyphen have been vetoed.

See 2022 Bill Memos here.

See 2021 Bill Memos here.

See 2020 Bill Memos here.

Our Rating System

  • Beneficial – Legislation would be beneficial to some aspect of New York’s environment.
  • Substantial Benefit – Legislation would provide substantial benefit to New York’s environment.
  • Major Benefit  – Legislation would be of significant benefit to help resolve a pressing problem facing New York’s environment.
  • Detriment – Legislation would be detrimental to environmental causes in New York.
  • Substantial Detriment – Legislation would do substantial harm to New York’s environment.
  • Major Detriment – Legislation is likely to result in major or lasting harm to some aspect of New York’s environment.

Our Rating System

One Tree rating

Beneficial

Legislation would be beneficial to some aspect of New York's environment.

Substantial Benefit

Legislation would be beneficial to some aspect of New York's environment.

Major Benefit

Legislation would be of significant benefit to help resolve a pressing problem facing New York's environment.

Detriment

Legislation would be detrimental to environmental causes in New York.

Substantial Detriment

Legislation would do substantial harm to New York's environment.

Major Detriment

Legislation is likely to result in major or lasting harm to some aspect of New York's environment.

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MEMO SUMMARY & EVALUATIONRATINGSTATUSASSEMBLY BILLSENATE BILL
1Lead-Free Parks1 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.5524 (O’Donnell)S.147-A (Gianaris, et al.)
2Collecting Utility Affordability Data2 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.4573 (Zebrowski et al.)S.1293 (Parker, et al.)
3Scaling Up Solar1 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A7269 (Levenberg)S.1179 (Harckham)
4A-B-Cs of Stream Protection3 TreePASSED SENATE
PASSED ASSEMBLY
A4601-A (Glick)S.1725-A (Harckham)
5Banning Emissions Tampering1 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.2704 (Carroll)S.1948 (Hoylman, et al.)
6All Electric Buildings Act3 TreeIn Senate Committee,
In Assembly Committee
A920-AS.562-A (Kavanagh, et al.)
7EV-Capable Parking Spaces2 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A3780-C (Fahy) S.1736-C-A (Krueger et al.)
8Clean Fuel Standard2 StacksPASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.964 (Woerner, et al.) S.1292 (Parker, et al.)
9Fossil Fuel Phase-out (4)1 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.4801 (Paulin) S.2994 (Harckham)
10Expanded Public Participation2 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.6584 (Gallagher) S.2510 (Ramos et al.)
11Clearing the Toxic Air2 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.7363 (Septimo) S.3328 (Fernandez)
12Redefining Zero Emissions2 StacksIn Senate CommitteeA.6340 (Barrett) S.2585-A (Parker)
13Fast Charge NY Plan1 TreePASSED SENATENo Same AsS.489 (Comrie)
14Electric Bike and Scooter Rebate1 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.275 (Carroll et. al.)S.314 (Salazar et. al.)
15NY HEAT Act3 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.4592-A (Fahy, et al.)S.2016-A (Krueger, et al.)
16Intervenor Reimbursement1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.7165 Solages S.405 (Parker)
17Just Energy Transition Act2 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A4866-C (Kelles) S2935-A (Parker)
18Birds and Bees Protection Act3 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A7640 (Glick)S.1856-A (Hoylman-Sigal, et al.)
19No Thank You to Plastic Beverage Rings1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.3969 (Paulin)S.128 (Krueger)
20Better Bottle Bill2 TreeIn Senate Committee
No Same AsS.237 (May et al)
21Shifting the Recycling Burden and More3 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.5322-A (Glick et al.)S.4246-A (Harckham et al.)
22Skin Deep Disclosure1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.6969 (Glick)S.4265 (Webb et al.)
23Enforcement Tools1 TreePASSED SENATENo Same AsS.4886 (Gianaris)
24Procurement without Deforestation2 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.5682-A (Zebrowski) S.4859-A (Krueger et al.)
25Climate Law Sellout3 StackIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.6039 (Barrett) S.6030 (Parker)
26Protecting Wetlands from Pesticides2 TreePASSED SENATE
PASSED ASSEMBLY
A.5949 (Burdick, et al.)S.5957 (Harckham)
27Lead Ammo Ban2 TreeIn Senate Committee
PASSED ASSEMBLY
A.2084-A (Glick, et al.)S.4976-A (Harckham)
28Banning Fracking Waste on Highways2 TreeIn Senate Committee
No Same AsS.1538-A (Hoylman-Sigal)
29Lead Pipe Right to Know Act2 TreePASSED SENATE
PASSED ASSEMBLY
A.6115 (Paulin)S.5512 (Rivera)
30Banning PFAS in Anti-Fogging Sprays and Wipes2 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.5363 (Gallagher)S.992-A (Hoylman-Sigal)
31Access to State Funded EV Chargers2 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.1122 (Epstein)S.110 (Krueger)
32Climate Change Superfund Act3 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.3351 (Dinowitz, et al.)S.2129 (Krueger, et al.)
33PFAS Discharge Disclosure Act2 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.3296 (Kelles)S.227-A (May, et al.)
34Green Transit Green Jobs2 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.6414 (Dinowitz, et al.)S.6089 (Kennedy, et al.)
35Recycling eBike Batteries & More2 TreeIn Senate Committee
No Same AsS.643-B (Kavanagh)
36Extended Producer Responsibility for Refrigerants2 TreeIn Senate Committee
No Same AsS.6105-A (Kavanagh)
37Curbing Air Pollution2 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.3719 (Epstein, et al.)S.5330 (Harckham)
38Right to Refill1 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A4673 (Fahy)S2079 (Kavanagh)
39Expanding the Energy Efficiency Workforce1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A2655 (Hunter)S2469 (Parker)
40Electric Landscaping Equipment Rebate2 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A5681 (Otis)S5853 (Krueger)
41Community Access to Justice3 TreeIn Assembly CommitteeA.2261 (Simon, et al.)No Same As
42Don’t Dump in the Hudson2 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.7208 (Levenberg)S.6893 (Harckham)
43Expanding Offshore Wind Targets1 TreeIn Senate Committee
No Same AsS6327 (Kavanagh)
44Accessible EV Charging Information1 TreePASSED SENATE
PASSED ASSEMBLY
A.5687 (Barrett)S.5253 (Harckham)
45Removing Restrictions on Geothermal Technology2 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A6949 (Glick, et al.)S6604 (Harckham)
46Climate and Community Protection Fund3 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A6263 (Glick)S5360-A (Harckham)
47Open Water Data Act1 TreePASSED SENATE
No Same AsS.239-B (May, et al.)
48Energy Storage Tax Exemption1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A4954 (Paulin)S4547 (Parker)
49Streamlining Land Conservation1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.7372 (Thiele, et al.)S.6606 (May)
50Codifying the GreenNY Council1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.4931-A (Epstein)S.5180-A (Harckham, et al.)
51EV Charging Station Reliability1 TreePASSED SENATE
In Assembly Committee
A.1721-B (Cunningham, et al.)S.5120-B (Parker)
52Nonprofit Carshare Insurance1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.5718-B (Kelles, et al.)S.5959-B (Webb, et al.)
53Statewide Community Preservation Funds2 TreesPASSED ASSEMBLYA.6257A (Thiele, et al.)No Same As
54Climate Expenditure Transparency1 TreeIn Senate Committee
In Assembly Committee
A.1191-B (Epstein, et al.)S.288-C (May)