Bill Commons

NY A 6240

in committee

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

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6240 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6240 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 A 6240 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 A 6240?

Robert C. Carroll is the primary sponsor of NY A 6240, joined by 12 cosponsors.

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

  • Robert C. Carrollprimary
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor
  • Linda Rosenthalcosponsor
  • Phil Steckcosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Khaleel Andersoncosponsor
  • Chantel Jacksoncosponsor
  • Zohran Mamdanicosponsor
  • Steven Otiscosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    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: A 5399not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 625not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 411not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4792

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6240?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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