BILL RATINGS 2009
Every week during the New York 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 that summarizes the legislation and also describes our position on measures with significant environmental impact.

The purpose of Environmental Advocates' rating system is to weight bills according to their potential impacts, either beneficial or detrimental, on New York's environment. The "Trees and Smokestacks" 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.

 

MEMO	SUMMARY & EVALUATION	RATING	STATUS	ASSEMBLY BILL	SENATE BILL
1	Ulster County Community Preservation Fund		Passed Assembly	A.593 (Cahill)
2	Transmission Line Intervenor Funds		Passed Both Houses	A.1122 (Destito , et al.)	S.1599-A (Valesky, et al.)
3	Environmental Access to Justice SUPER BILL		Passed Assembly In Senate Committee	A.3423 (Bradley, et al.)	S.1635 (Thompson, et al.)
4	Utility Distributed Generation Reporting		Passed Assembly	A.237-B (Hevesi, et al.)	S.1660-A (Perkins)
5	Small Business Energy Loans		Passed Assembly	A. 3945 (Weprin, et al.)
6	Energy Conservation Protection		In Assembly Committee	A. 994 (Thiele, et al.)
7	Farm Dam Safety Exemption		Passed Assembly	A.976 (Gunther, et al)	S.2429 (Young)
8	Home Efficiency Tax Credit		In Assembly & Senate Committees	A.3080 (O'Mara, et al.)	S.1215 (Thompson, et al.)
9	Ultra-Low Sulfur Oil Requirement		Passed Assembly  In Senate Committee	A.8642 (Sweeney, Peoples)	S.1145-A (Perkins, et al.)
10	Nuclear Preparedness		Passed Assembly  In Senate Committee	A.5193-A (Brodsky, et al.)	S.4598-A (Stewart-Cousins)
11	Power Procurement		Passed Assembly	A.5409 (Brennan, et al.)
12	State Agencies Greenhouse Gas Audit		Passed Assembly	A.3419 (Sweeney, et al.)	S.5689 (Thompson)
13	Environmental Justice Advisory Group		Passed Assembly	A.8490-A (Peoples, Rosenthal)
14	Environmental Impact Reports		Passed Assembly	A.8489 (Peoples, Rosenthal)
15	Citizen Suits		Passed Assembly In Senate committee	A.4272 (Brodsky, et al.)	S.1730 (Schneiderman, Thompson)
16	Clean Energy Tax Credits		In Senate Committee	A.7013-A (Bing, et al.)	S.1361-A (C. Johnson)
17	Recyclables in Landfills		Passed Assembly	A.1319 (Colton, et al.)
18	Urban Pesticide Board		In Assembly Committee	A.1334-A (Wright, et al.)
19	BPA Ban		Passed Assembly In Senate Committee	A.6919-B (Englebright, et al.)	S.3296-C (Thompson, et al.)
20	Green Roof Tax Credit		In Senate Committee	A.7413 (Galef, et al.)	S.2763 (Thompson)
21	Wetlands Protection SUPER BILL		Passed Assembly	A.6363 (Sweeney, et al.)	S.848 (Marcellino, et al.) S.4956 (Thompson, et al.)
22	Energy Planning Reauthorization		Passed Assembly In Senate Committee	A.5877-B (Cahill, et. al)	S.2501-B (Parker, Thompson)
23	Solid Waste Management Facilities		Passed Assembly In Senate Committee	A.5765 (Sweeney, et. al)	S.3777 (Thompson)
24	E-Waste SUPER BILL		Passed Assembly	A.7571 (Sweeney, et. al)	S.2512 (Thompson, et al.)
25	Global Warming Pollution Cap SUPER BILL		Passed Assembly In Senate Committee	A.7572 (Sweeney, et. al)	S.4315 (Thompson, et al.)
26A	Climate Change Solutions Fund		Passed Assembly In Senate Committee	A.7017 (Gianaris, et. al)	S.5641 (Thompson, Duane)
26B	Climate Change Solutions Act		Passed Assembly In Senate Committee	A.6321 (Sweeney, et. al)	S.2764 (Thompson, et al.)
27	Healthy Green Procurement		Passed Assembly	A.7038 (Sweeney, et al.)	S.4991 (Thompson, et al.)
28	Net Metering Fix		Passed Assembly	A.7557 (Cahill, et al.)	S.4993 (Thompson, et al.)
29	Diesel Generator Prohibition		In Assembly Committee	A.7424 (Rosenthal, et al.)	S.5061-A (Perkins)
30	Assembly BPA Ban		See Bill Memo #19	See Bill Memo #19	See Bill Memo #19
31	Private Well Testing		Passed Assembly	A.4557 (Jaffee, et al.)	S.2678 (Morahan, Hannon)
32	Environmental Justice and Permits		Passed Assembly	A.4245 (Brodsky, et al.)	S.5778 (Thompson)
33	Deca - Flame Retardant Ban		Passed Assembly	A.7573 (Sweeney, et al.)
34	Phosphorous Ban		In Senate Committee		S.3780 (Thompson, et al.)
35	Senate Recyclables in Landfills		In Senate Committee		S.4453 (Schneiderman)
36	Forest Preserve Land Exchange		Passed Assembly & Senate	A.8284 (Sweeney, et al.)	S.2802 (Little)
37	Environmental Justice for All		In Assembly & Senate Committees	A.8432-A (Gianaris, et al.)	S.4407 (Schneiderman, Thompson)
38	Oil Spill Fund Environmental Liens		In Senate Committee	A.6785 (Sweeney)	S.3026 (Thompson)
39	MTA Refinancing		Passed Both Houses	A.8180 (Silver, et al.)	S.5451 (Dilan, Perkins)
40	Outdoor Lighting		Passed Assembly	A.7281 (Rosenthal, et al.)	S.2714 (Thompson)
41	Green Power Purchasing		In Senate Committee	A.7096-A (Galef, et al.)	S.4599 (Stewart-Cousins, et al.)
42	Public Access to Information		Passed Assembly	A.838 (Dinowitz, et al.)	S.2093 (Thompson)
43	Wetland Neighbor Notification		Passed Assembly	A.2654 (Cusick, et al.)	S.507 (Lanza)
44	Vested Right for Land Development		In Assembly & Senate Committees	A.3353 (Bradley, et al.)	S.1988 (Valesky, Thompson)
45	Bottle Bill Amendments		In Senate Committee	A.8143-A (Destito, et al.)	S.4726-B (Kruger, et al.)
46	On-bill Financing Natural Gas Efficiency		Passed Assembly In Senate Committee	A.7736 (John, et al.)	S.3712 (Parker, et al.)
47	Hazardous Waste Environmental Liens		In Senate & Assembly	A.1975 (Lifton, et al.)	S.4952 (Thompson)
48	Precautionary Principle		In Assembly Committee	A.3420 (Sweeney, et al.)	S.862 (Marcellino)
49	Navigation Rights		In Assembly Committee	A.701 (Hoyt, et al.)	S.3666 (Flanagan, et al.)
50	Cancer Incidence Maps		In Assembly Committee	A.199-B (Brodsky)	S.3788-B (Libous)
51	Municipal Green Energy Loans		In Senate Committee	A.7611-B (Englebright, et al.)	S.4954-B (Thompson, Foley)
52	E-Waste SUPER BILL		In Senate Committee		S.5401 (Thompson, et al.)
53	MTA SEQRA Exemption Repeal		In Assembly Committee	A.3379 (Rosenthal, et al.)	S.4810 (Perkins, Dilan)
54	Plastic Bag Bill		In Senate Committee	A.7844 (Kellner)	S.4866 (Serrano)
55	Smart Growth Infrastructure		In Assembly Committee	A.8011 (Hoyt, et al.)	S.5560 (Oppenheimer, Krueger)
56	Recycling Rechargeable Batteries		In Senate Committee	A.6813-B (Kavanagh)	S.3593-B (Krueger, et al.)
57	Statewide Ultra Low Sulfur Heating Oil		See Bill Memo #9	See Bill Memo #9	See Bill Memo #9
58	Assembly Article 10		Passed Assembly	A.8696 (Cahill)
59	Municipal Green Energy & Efficiency Loans		In Assembly Committee	See Memo #51	See Memo #51
60	Gas Well Driller Water Testing Requirements		In Assembly Committee	A.8784 (Sweeney, et al.)
61	Power for Jobs Reform		Passed Assembly	A.8825-A (Cahill, et al.)	S.5979 (Parker)
62	Assembly Phosphorous		In Assembly Committee	A.8914 (Sweeney, et al.)
63	2009 Bond Act		In Assembly Committee	A.8810 (Sweeney, et al.)	S.5886 (Thompson)
64	Orange County Community Preservation Act		Passed Assembly	A.2727 (Rabbitt, et al.)
65	Increased Penalties for Wetland Violations		Passed Assembly	A.4807 (Sweeney, et al.)
66	NYPA Efficiency & Renewable Energy Projects		Passed Both Houses	A.9040 (Cahill)	S.6050 (Stachowski, et al.)
67	Electronic Waste Recycling Act SUPER BILL		Passed Assembly	A.9049 (Sweeney, et al.)	S.6047 (Thompson, et al.)
68	Dirty Coal Plant		On Senate Floor	A.8802 (Parment)	S.6163 (Aubertine)
69	Green Jobs Green New York		Passed Both Houses	A.8901 (Silver, et al.)	S.5888 (Aubertine, et al.)
70	Energy Loan Program Authorization		In Senate & Assembly Committee	A.40004 (Sweeney, et al.)	S.66004 (Thompson, et al.)

TREES & SMOKESTACKS RATING SYSTEM
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.
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