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NY S 4792

in committee

Relates to declaring a climate emergency and placing a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4792 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4792 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

What is NY S 4792 about?

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

Who sponsors NY S 4792?

James Sanders Jr. is the primary sponsor of NY S 4792, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Sanders Jr.primary
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5518not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2835not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3581not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6240

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4792?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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