Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 3, 2026Result: passed
(50) (11) (0) (2)
Senate bill · S9635 (2025-26)
Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any highway
Latest action Jun 3, 2026
New York State Senate
Same as A10930, the matching bill in the Assembly.
Summary
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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Amends the Environmental Conservation Law.
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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.
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Where it stands
Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
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.
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The sponsor's argument
Why Pete Harckham says this is needed
The hydraulic fracturing process for extracting natural gas, generally referred to as hydrofracking, generates wastewater containing 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, mora- toriums, 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. Unfortu- nately, these uses also result in runoff that can contaminate groundwa- ter. This bill, therefore, would ban the use of wastewater from hydro- fracking on public roads in New York.
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Recorded votes
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationApr 21, 2026Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)
Full history
- Jun 3, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
- Jun 3, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
- Jun 3, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
- May 21, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
- May 21, 2026
Rules Report CAL.188
RULES REPORT CAL.188
NY Assembly
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- May 20, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
- May 5, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
- Apr 27, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
- Apr 22, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
- Apr 21, 2026
1ST Report CAL.740
1ST REPORT CAL.740
NY Senate
- Apr 9, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly
- Mar 31, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate