Bill Commons

NY S 1951

in committee

Creates a religious exemption to the ban on fossil fuel equipment and systems

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1951 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1951 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 1951 about?

Provides an exemption for the purposes of allowing the installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems where such are installed and used in a building or part of a building that is owned or occupied by a person who holds genuine and sincere religious beliefs and whose health and safety will be jeopardized due to the prohibition of the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems because of such genuine and sincere religious beliefs.

Who sponsors NY S 1951?

William Weber is the primary sponsor of NY S 1951, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Provides an exemption for the purposes of allowing the installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems where such are installed and used in a building or part of a building that is owned or occupied by a person who holds genuine and sincere religious beliefs and whose health and safety will be jeopardized due to the prohibition of the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems because of such genuine and sincere religious beliefs.

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

  • William Weberprimary
  • Mario Matteracosponsor
  • Steve Rhoadscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-14

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7653not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 5526

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1951?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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