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NY A 2003

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Enacts the Rural Energy Freedom Act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 2003 pass?

No. NY A 2003 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-05-05). Latest recorded action (2026-05-05): HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

What is NY A 2003 about?

Exempts the burning of wood for recreation, building heating and cooking from certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements.

Who sponsors NY A 2003?

Robert Smullen is the primary sponsor of NY A 2003, joined by 22 cosponsors.

Description

Exempts the burning of wood for recreation, building heating and cooking from certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-05-05 — HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Robert Smullenprimary
  • Mary Beth Walshcosponsor
  • John Lemondescosponsor
  • Brian Mahercosponsor
  • Kenneth Blankenbushcosponsor
  • Scott H. Bendettcosponsor
  • Joe Angelinocosponsor
  • Jodi Gigliocosponsor
  • John K. Mikulincosponsor
  • Karl Brabeneccosponsor
  • Brian Manktelowcosponsor
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor
  • Jeff Gallahancosponsor
  • Marianne Buttenschoncosponsor
  • Eric Browncosponsor
  • Chris Taguecosponsor
  • Matthew Simpsoncosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Stephen Hawleycosponsor
  • Anil Beephan Jr.cosponsor
  • William A. Barclaycosponsor
  • Brian D. Millercosponsor
  • Philip Palmesanocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-14

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-05

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9743not in this corpus

Official source

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

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Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

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