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NY A 956

in committee

Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for 5 years or as long as gas is produced

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 956 pass?

Not yet. NY A 956 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 956 about?

Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in paying quantities.

Who sponsors NY A 956?

Joe Angelino is the primary sponsor of NY A 956, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in paying quantities.

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

Sponsors

  • Joe Angelinoprimary
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor
  • David DiPietrocosponsor
  • Michael Dursocosponsor
  • John Lemondescosponsor
  • Brian Manktelowcosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Angelo J. Morinellocosponsor
  • Chris Taguecosponsor
  • Scott H. Bendettcosponsor
  • Christopher Friendcosponsor
  • Kenneth Blankenbushcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    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: A 2746not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6097not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 7300not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 9727not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1551not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1884not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5294not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2524not in this corpus

Official source

Attribution

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

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