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NY S 8042

in committee

Relates to requiring gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or leak prone

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 8042 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8042 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

What is NY S 8042 about?

Requires gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or leak prone and increase safety reporting relating to gas pipeline leaks; requires the public service commission to establish timelines for the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of leaking or leak prone infrastructure; requires the commission to provide a gas safety report to the legislature.

Who sponsors NY S 8042?

Brian Kavanagh is the primary sponsor of NY S 8042, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Requires gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or leak prone and increase safety reporting relating to gas pipeline leaks; requires the public service commission to establish timelines for the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of leaking or leak prone infrastructure; requires the commission to provide a gas safety report to the legislature.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Brian Kavanaghprimary
  • Rachel Maycosponsor
  • Steve Rhoadscosponsor
  • Christopher Ryancosponsor
  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantoncosponsor
  • James Skoufiscosponsor
  • Lea Webbcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-15

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-29

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-29

    PRINT NUMBER 8042A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2186not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3210not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5801not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2735not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7625

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8042?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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