Bill Commons

NY S 1997

in committee

Relates to the protection of the health, safety and employment rights of employees suffering employment loss as the result of the sale or closure of a coal electric generation facility

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did NY S 1997 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1997 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

What is NY S 1997 about?

Requires certain notices, procedures and approvals prior to the sale or closure of a coal electric generation facility; requires extensive health screening of all employees contractors and subcontractors working at such plant, requires a retraining program for affected employees of mass layoffs.

Who sponsors NY S 1997?

Robert Ortt is the primary sponsor of NY S 1997.

Description

Requires certain notices, procedures and approvals prior to the sale or closure of a coal electric generation facility; requires extensive health screening of all employees contractors and subcontractors working at such plant, requires a retraining program for affected employees of mass layoffs.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Robert Orttprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-14

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9038not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 110not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2697not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 597not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1997?summary=&detail=

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