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Senate bill · S5685 (2025-26)

Extends the moratorium on the issuance of environmental safety certificates for facilities and routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum…

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Extends the moratorium on the issuance of environmental safety certificates for facilities and routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas

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Latest action Jun 18, 2025

Extends the moratorium on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

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

New York State Senate

Same as A6317, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A6317, the matching Assembly bill.

Committee

Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Extends effectiveness of Chapter 395 of the Laws of 1978 relating to moratoriums on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes to transport lique- fied natural or petroleum gas in cities with a population of one million or more until April 1, 2027.

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

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 4, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A6317, the matching Assembly bill.
(57) (1) (0) (5)
Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesMay 29, 2025Result: passed
(19) (1) (0) (1)

Cosponsors

Chris Burdick, Tommy Schiavoni and 1 more on Agora

Democratic3

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Andrew J. Lanza says this is needed

The potential for a large-scale human catastrophe inherent in the stor- age of highly volatile, liquefied natural gas in densely populated areas makes it mandatory that governmental agencies, federal and state, exer- cise extreme caution in dealing with proposals for activation of LNG facilities. Experiences such as the 1973 explosion in an empty LNG tank on Staten Island, in which 40 persons lost their lives, underline the potential for tragedy involved in the operation of such storage facili- ties. The object of this bill is to assure a calm, deliberate and reasoned evaluation of such proposals and to assure the application of strict public safety standards.

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

Jun 18, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
Jun 18, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.137
NY Assembly
Jun 4, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.1495
3RD READING CAL.1495
NY Senate
Jun 4, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 4, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED BY A6317
NY Senate

Show full history (9 earlier events)

May 29, 2025
In committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
NY Senate
May 29, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1495
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1495
NY Senate
May 14, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
May 14, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
May 14, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
Apr 3, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.93
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.93
NY Assembly
Apr 2, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Mar 4, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly
Feb 27, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate

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