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NY S 9637

in committee

Enacts the dark skies protection act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9637 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9637 is in committee as of 2026-05-08 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-08): PRINT NUMBER 9637A

What is NY S 9637 about?

Regulates outdoor night lighting to preserve and enhance the state's dark sky.

Who sponsors NY S 9637?

Patricia Fahy is the primary sponsor of NY S 9637.

Description

Regulates outdoor night lighting to preserve and enhance the state's dark sky.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-08 — PRINT NUMBER 9637A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Patricia Fahyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-31

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-05-08

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-08

    PRINT NUMBER 9637A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7663not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 583not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5007not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4615

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9637?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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