Every week during the state legislative session, Environmental Advocates
of New York
reviews all of the bills introduced in legislative committees
or on the floor of the State Senate or the Assembly. We then issue a memo
on any bill with significant environmental impact.
The purpose of Environmental Advocates' rating system is to weight
bills according to their potential impact, either beneficial or detrimental,
on New York's environment. The
"Trees and
Stacks" rating system is designed to place appropriate emphasis
on each bill. At the end of the session, these weighted votes will
be totaled to arrive at a final score for each legislator.
For more information and to access the complete bill text, go to
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi.
*indicates the bill has passed that particular house
| Memo |
EA
Summary |
Rating |
Assembly
Bill |
Senate Bill |
|
1 |
Great Lakes Compact |
 |
A.7266-B
(Sweeney) |
S.4324-B (Maziarz) |
|
2 |
Diesel Generator Prohibition |
 |
A.7434
(Rosenthal,et al.) |
S.3172 (Johnson, et al.) |
| 3 |
Green
Power Purchasing |
 |
|
S.3855 (Marcellino, et al.) |
| 4 |
Alternative Energy Systems Tax Credits |
|
A.8350-A
(Gordon, et al.) |
S.1634-A
(Fuschillo, et al.) |
| 5 |
Hudson River Striped Bass |
 |
A.1147
(Brodsky, et al.)* |
S.5582
(Leibell) |
| 6 |
Nuclear Preparedness |
|
A.1370-A
(Brodsky, et al.)* |
S.251-A
(Morahan, Bonacic) |
| 7 |
Environmental Impact Report |
|
A.2002 (Diaz,
et al.)* |
S.7281 (Serrano) |
| 8 |
Green Building Construction |
|
A.2005-C
(Lupardo, et al.) |
S.7202
(Thompson)
S.5442-B
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 9 |
Green Power Purchasing |
|
A.2162
(Galef, et al.) |
|
| 10 |
Wetland Neighbor Notification |
|
A.2799
(Cusick,et al.)* |
S.3035
(Lanza) |
| 11 |
Recyclables in Landfills |
|
A.3318
(Colton,et al.)* |
|
| 12 |
Greenhouse Gas Research Program |
|
A.3414-A
(Magnarelli,et al.)* |
|
| 13 |
Urban Pesticide Board |
|
A.5299
(Wright, et al.)* |
S.1560
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 14 |
Small Business Energy Loans |
|
A.5494-A
(Weprin, et al.)* |
|
| 15 |
Wetlands Protection
SUPER BILL |
|
A.7133
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
S.3835
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 16 |
Smart Growth Infrastructure |
|
A.7335 (Hoyt,
et al.)* |
S.4369
(LaValle) |
| 17A |
Climate Change Solutions Fund |
|
A.7366-A
(Gianaris, et al.)* |
S.5371
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 17B |
Climate Change Solutions Act |
|
A.7365-A
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
S.5347
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 18 |
Outdoor Lighting |
|
A.7438
(Rosenthal, et al.) |
S.4364
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 19 |
Flame Retardant |
|
A.7977-B
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
|
| 20 |
Lighting Efficiency Standards |
|
A.8641-B
(Sweeney, et al.) |
|
| 21 |
Plastic Bag Recycling |
|
A.8810-C
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
S.6253-A
(Marcellino) |
| 22 |
State Agencies Greenhouse Gas Audit |
|
A.9169
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
|
| 23 |
Greenhouse Gases Website |
|
A.9199
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
|
| 24 |
Ballast Water |
|
A.1355
(Aubertine, et al.)* |
S.7113
(Aubertine) |
| 25 |
Environmental Access to Justice Act |
|
A.1435
(Bradley, et al.)* |
S.5182
(Morahan, et al.) |
| 26 |
Environmental Justice and Permits |
|
A.1098
(Brodsky, et al.)* |
|
| 27 |
Adirondack Dead Timber |
|
A.1325
(Aubertine) |
S.1123
(Little, et al.) |
| 28 |
Environmental Justice Advisory Group |
|
A.2003 (R.
Diaz, et al.) |
|
| 29 |
Ocean Sludge Dumping |
|
A.3320
(Colton, et al.) |
S.5583
(Lanza) |
| 30 |
Petroleum Business Tax Exemption |
|
A.8886-A
(Cahill, et al.) |
S.5011-A
(Alesi) |
| 31 |
Healthy Green Procurement |
|
A.7483-A
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
|
| 32 |
Vested Right for Land Development |
 |
A.6023-B
(Bradley, et al.) |
S.3852-B
(Flanagan, et al.) |
| 33 |
E-Waste |
|
A.8444-B
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
S.7563
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 34 |
Global Warming Cap
SUPER BILL |
|
A.10303
(Sweeney, et al.)* |
|
| 35 |
Navigation Rights |
|
A.7230 (Hoyt,
et al.) |
S.5792
(Flanagan) |
| 36 |
Congestion Pricing |
|
A.10406
(Rules) |
S.7243-B
(Rules) |
| 37 |
Solar Net Metering |
|
|
S.7171-B (O.
Johnson, et al.) |
| 38 |
Smart Growth for a New Century |
|
A.7271-A
(Hoyt, et al.) |
S.4338-A
(Lavalle, et al.) |
| 39 |
Energy Conservation Protection |
|
A.591
(Thiele) |
|
| 40 |
Water Bottling Source Protection |
|
A.9015
(Scozzafava) |
|
| 41 |
Environmental Protection Fund Repayment |
|
|
S.7523
(Marcellino) |
| 42 |
AEM
Air Pollution |
|
A.10685
(Alessi, et al.) |
S.8148
(Young) |
| 43 |
Lindane Ban |
|
A.6802-A
(Weisenberg, et al.) |
S.3938-A(Flangan, et al.) |
| 44 |
Net
Metering |
|
A.9902
(Englebright, et al.) |
S.8059
(Morahan) |
| 45 |
Farm Dam Safety Exemption |
|
A.10542
(Gunther) |
S.7564
(Young) |
| 46 |
Gas
Tax Holiday |
 |
|
S.7594-B
(Lanza, et al.)* |
| 47 |
Cellulosic Ethanol Production Tax Credit |
|
|
S.7932
(Maziarz)* |
| 48 |
Transmission Line Intervenor Funds |
|
A.9348(Destito,
et al.) |
S.2200
(Valesky, et al.) |
| 49 |
Power Procurement |
|
A.9461(Brennan,
et al.) |
|
| 50 |
Green E-ZPASS |
|
|
S.4363
(Marcellino, et al.)* |
| 51 |
Cancer Mapping |
|
A.1143-A (Brodsky,
et al.) |
S.1592-A
(Libous et al.) |
| 52 |
Bottle Bill Expander
SUPER BILL |
|
A.8044-A(Sweeney,
et al.) |
S.5850-A
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 53 |
Green Roof Tax Credit |
|
A.5449-A(Dinowitz,
et al.) |
S.4362-A
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| 54 |
Climate Change Task Force |
|
|
S.7842
(Marcellino) |
| 55 |
Precautionary Principle |
|
A.7494(Sweeney,
et al.) |
S.4360
(Marcellino, et al.) |
| Bill Ratings Explained |
Legislation would be of significant benefit to help resolve a
pressing problem facing New York's environment. |
Legislation is likely to result in major or lasting harm to some
aspect of New York's environment. |
Legislation would provide substantial benefit to New York's environment. |
Legislation would do substantial harm to New York's environment. |
Legislation would be beneficial to some aspect of New York's environment.
|
Legislation would be detrimental to environmental causes in New
York. |
Super Bills
Five environmental Super Bills, all three-tree bills, will be part of lawmakers’ scores in
our sister organization's (EPL/Environmental Advocates) Voters' Guide, even if the legislation does not reach the floor of the Senate or Assembly for a vote.
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