Senate bill · S2706 (2025-26)

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway

Latest action Dec 5, 2025

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression.

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Where it stands

Rejected by the executive.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

Vetoed

New York State Senate

Same as A4725, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A4725, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Environmental Conservation Law.

Committee

Codes · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Codes · New York State Senate, Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly, Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate, Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill would prohibit wastewater from hydrofracking, which contains a variety of chemical and possibly radioactive contaminants, from being used on highways for purposes such as melting ice.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 10, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A4725, the matching Assembly bill.
(53) (5) (0) (5)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateApr 22, 2025Result: passed
(48) (5) (0) (9)
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationFeb 11, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Angelo Santabarbara, Dana Levenberg and 16 more on Agora

Democratic18

Show all 18 on Agora

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why the sponsor says this is needed

The hydraulic fracturing process to extract natural gas, generally referred to as hydrofracking, generates wastewater with a variety of contaminants. In addition to the many concerns about the safety of the process itself and hydrofracking's effect on groundwater and watersheds, which are the subject of other legislative proposals, moratoriums and administrative and/or legislative oversight and regulation, a separate concern about possible reuse of the wastewater is addressed by this bill. At least in part because the wastewater is very salty, it is used in some communities to de-ice roads in the winter, as well as for other purposes, like suppressing dust, in other seasons. Unfortunately, these uses also result in runoff that can contaminate ground water. This bill therefore would ban the use of wastewater from hydrofracking on public roads in New York.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Dec 5, 2025
Tabled
TABLED
NY Assembly
Dec 5, 2025
Vetoed
VETOED MEMO.66
NY Assembly
Dec 1, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
Jun 10, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.327
3RD READING CAL.327
NY Senate
Jun 10, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate

Show full history (25 earlier events)

Jun 10, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED BY A4725B
NY Senate
Jun 5, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Jun 5, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jun 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate
Jun 4, 2025
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 2706B
NY Senate
Jun 4, 2025
Recalled From Assembly
RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jun 4, 2025
Returned to Senate
RETURNED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
May 29, 2025
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4725B
NY Assembly
May 29, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
May 29, 2025
Substitution Reconsidered
SUBSTITUTION RECONSIDERED
NY Assembly
Apr 28, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.100
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.100
NY Assembly
Apr 28, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR A4725A
NY Assembly
Apr 22, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Apr 22, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Apr 22, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
Apr 10, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.100
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.100
NY Assembly
Apr 8, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Apr 2, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
Apr 1, 2025
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 2706A
NY Senate
Mar 27, 2025
Amend (t) and Recommit to Environmental Conservation
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly
Feb 24, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Feb 12, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Feb 11, 2025
1ST Report CAL.327
1ST REPORT CAL.327
NY Senate
Feb 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly
Jan 22, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate

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