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Michelle Hinchey

Sponsor · State Senator, District 41 · Democratic/Working Families

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Senate bill · S672 (2025-26)

Relates to environmental restoration projects; repealer

Latest action Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Relates to the completion and funding of environmental restoration projects.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A3091, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Environmental Conservation Law.

Committee

Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To provides direct aid to municipalities to support efforts to clean up contaminated sites in their communities where there is no private, responsible party, in order to protect drinking water resources from "forever" chemicals

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

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateFeb 10, 2026Result: passed

    (62) (0) (0) (1)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Rules

    Senate RulesFeb 9, 2026Result: passed

    (21) (0) (0) (0)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation

    Senate Environmental ConservationFeb 4, 2026Result: passed

    (10) (0) (0) (0)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation

    Senate Environmental ConservationMay 13, 2025Result: passed

    (11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Jo Anne Simon and Linda Rosenthal

  • Democratic2
See the full list on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The sponsor's argument

Why Michelle Hinchey says this is needed

Increasingly, the State's response efforts and investigation of emerging contaminants has found contamination on land owned or operated by muni- cipalities or local government organizations, many of which lack the resources to advance the necessary cleanup actions. For example, a common ingredient in firefighting foams, PFAS chemicals, are likely to be found at municipally-owned firefighting training areas and airports. In 2017, New York State enacted the Clean Water Infrastructure Act to provide resources to the state and municipalities to address the urgent threat of emerging contaminants and ensure sources of drinking water are protected. Experience has shown it is municipalities who often end up addressing emerging contaminants. This bill allows more flexibility to use funds allocated under CWIA to assist municipalities in addressing PFAS chemical contamination, protecting drinking water resources to reduce these "forever" chemicals in our environment.

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

  1. Feb 10, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  2. Feb 10, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  3. Feb 10, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    NY Assembly

  4. Feb 9, 2026

    In committee

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    NY Senate

  5. Feb 9, 2026

    Ordered to Third Reading CAL.291

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.291

    NY Senate

Show full history (10 earlier events)
  1. Feb 5, 2026

    Amend and Recommit to Finance

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  2. Feb 4, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  3. Feb 3, 2026

    Amend and Recommit to Environmental Conservation

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    NY Assembly

  4. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    NY Assembly

  5. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    NY Senate

  6. May 13, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  7. Mar 10, 2025

    Amend and Recommit to Environmental Conservation

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    NY Assembly

  8. Mar 7, 2025

    Amend and Recommit to Environmental Conservation

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    NY Senate

  9. Jan 23, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    NY Assembly

  10. Jan 8, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    NY Senate

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