New York S 6308: Relates to death benefits for members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction

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S06308 Summary:

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Requires reporting and verification of scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions by a business with total annual revenues in excess of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) that does business in New York; requires regulations and disclosures.

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03/10/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6308

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 requiring reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions by
 certain entities

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

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 75-0121 to read as follows:
 3 § 75-0121. Climate corporate data accountability.
 4 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the follow-
 5 ing definitions:
 6 a. "Emissions reporting organization" means a nonprofit emissions
 7 reporting organization contracted by the council pursuant to this
 8 section that both:
 9 (i) currently operates a greenhouse gas emission reporting organiza-
 10 tion for organizations operating in the United States; and
 11 (ii) has experience with greenhouse gas emissions disclosure by enti-
 12 ties operating in New York.
 13 b. "Reporting entity" means a partnership, corporation, limited
 14 liability company, or other business entity formed under the laws of
 15 this state, the laws of any other state of the United States or the
 16 District of Columbia, or under an act of the Congress of the United
 17 States with total annual revenues in excess of one billion dollars
 18 ($1,000,000,000) and that does business in New York. Applicability shall
 19 be determined based on the reporting entity's revenue for the prior
 20 fiscal year.
 21 c. "Scope 1 emissions" means all direct greenhouse gas emissions that
 22 stem from sources that a reporting entity owns or directly controls,
 23 regardless of location, including, but not limited to, fuel combustion
 24 activities.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10441-01-5

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 1 d. "Scope 2 emissions" means indirect greenhouse gas emissions from
 2 consumed electricity, steam, heating, or cooling purchased or acquired
 3 by a reporting entity, regardless of location.
 4 e. "Scope 3 emissions" means indirect upstream and downstream green-
 5 house gas emissions, other than scope 2 emissions, from sources that the
 6 reporting entity does not own or directly control and may include, but
 7 are not limited to, purchased goods and services, business travel,
 8 employee commutes, and processing and use of sold products.
 9 2. a. On or before January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the
 10 department, in consultation with the New York state climate action coun-
 11 cil, shall develop and adopt regulations to require a reporting entity
 12 to annually disclose to the emissions reporting organization, and obtain
 13 an assurance engagement performed by an independent third-party assur-
 14 ance provider on all of the reporting entity's scope 1 emissions, scope
 15 2 emissions, and scope 3 emissions. The council shall ensure that the
 16 regulations adopted pursuant to this subdivision require all of the
 17 following:
 18 (i) (A) (I) That a reporting entity, starting in two thousand twenty-
 19 eight on or by a date to be determined by the department, and annually
 20 thereafter on or by that date, publicly disclose to the emissions
 21 reporting organization all of the reporting entity's scope 1 emissions
 22 and scope 2 emissions for the reporting entity's