New York A 4282: Establishes the climate corporate data accountability act

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A04282 Summary:

BILL NOA04282A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09072-A

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SPONSORGlick

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COSPNSRCunningham, Kelles, Levenberg, Simon, Colton, Paulin, Simone, Brown K, Steck, Forrest, Stern,
 Lunsford, Gonzalez-Rojas, Schiavoni, Rosenthal, Otis, Lasher, Seawright, Rajkumar, Carroll R,
 Shrestha, Gibbs, Gallagher, Stirpe, Hunter, Meeks, Weprin, Davila, Bronson, Jacobson, Romero, Lee,
 Hevesi, Solages, Rozic, Clark, Kassay, Griffin, De Los Santos, Santabarbara, Bores, Valdez, Eachus,
 Lavine, Conrad, Carroll P, Benedetto, Dinowitz, Burdick, Powers, Anderson, Tapia, Shimsky, Moreno,
 Reyes, Barrett, Burke, Raga

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 74 §§74-0101 & 74-0102, En Con L; add §99-uu, St Fin L

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Establishes the climate corporate data accountability act requiring certain business entities within the state to annually disclose scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions; establishes the climate accountability and emissions disclosure fund.

Go to top A04282 Actions:

BILL NOA04282A

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02/04/2025referred to environmental conservation

05/13/2025reported referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

02/10/2026amend and recommit to codes

02/10/2026print number 4282a

Go to topA04282 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/13/2025AYE/NAY:20/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenExcused

OtisExcusedTagueNay

WilliamsAyeManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownAye

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

EpsteinAyeSlaterNay

McMahonAyeBaileyNay

BurdickAyeSempolinskiNay

LunsfordAye

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoAye

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

ConradAbsent

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

Go to topA04282 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04282 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4282--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, CUNNINGHAM, KELLES, LEVENBERG, SIMON,
 COLTON, PAULIN, SIMONE, K. BROWN, STECK, FORREST, STERN, LUNSFORD,
 GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SCHIAVONI, ROSENTHAL, OTIS, LASHER, SEAWRIGHT, RAJKU-
 MAR, R. CARROLL, SHRESTHA, GIBBS, GALLAGHER, STIRPE, HUNTER, MEEKS,
 WEPRIN, DAVILA, BRONSON, JACOBSON, ROMERO, LEE, HEVESI, SOLAGES,
 ROZIC, CLARK, KASSAY, GRIFFIN, DE LOS SANTOS, SANTABARBARA, BORES,
 VALDEZ, EACHUS, LAVINE, CONRAD, P. CARROLL, BENEDETTO, DINOWITZ --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 climate corporate data accountability; and to amend the state finance
 law, in relation to establishing the climate accountability and emis-
 sions disclosure fund

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "climate
 2 corporate data accountability act".
 3 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 4 article 74 to read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 74
 6 CLIMATE CORPORATE DATA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
 7 Section 74-0101. Definitions.
 8 74-0102. Climate corporate data accountability act.
 9 § 74-0101. Definitions.
 10 As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following
 11 meanings:
 12 1. "Emissions reporting organization" means either: a. an organization
 13 within the department created by the department pursuant to paragraph b
 14 of subdivision two of section 74-0102 of this article; or b. a nonprofit
 15 emissions reporting organization contracted by the department pursuant

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00696-09-6

 A. 4282--A 2

 1 to paragraph b of subdivision two of section 74-0102 of this article
 2 that both:
 3 i. Currently operates a greenhouse gas emissions reporting organiza-
 4 tion for organizations operating in the United States; and
 5 ii. Has experience with greenhouse gas emissions disclosure by enti-
 6 ties operating in New York.
 7 2. "Reporting entity" means:
 8 a. A partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or