New York S 75: Relates to prohibiting the release of certain balloons

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S00075 Summary:

BILL NOS00075 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01101

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRKRUEGER, MAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §11-0331, En Con L

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Relates to prohibiting the release of certain balloons; prohibits a person from knowingly or intentionally releasing outdoors any balloons constructed of electrically conductive material filled with helium or a gas lighter than air; provides exceptions.

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BILL NOS00075 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 75

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, KRUEGER -- 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
 prohibiting the release of certain balloons

 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 11-0331 to read as follows:
 3 § 11-0331. Release of certain balloons prohibited.
 4 1. No person shall knowingly release or intentionally cause to be
 5 released outdoors any balloon constructed of electrically conductive
 6 material and filled with helium or a gas lighter than air.
 7 2. No person shall knowingly release or intentionally cause to be
 8 released outdoors, within a twenty-four hour period, twenty-five or more
 9 balloons constructed of non-electrically conductive material and filled
 10 with helium or a gas lighter than air.
 11 3. This section shall not apply to:
 12 (a) balloons which are used for the purpose of carrying scientific
 13 instrumentation during the performance of an experiment or test or by a
 14 person on behalf of a governmental agency or pursuant to a governmental
 15 contract for scientific or meteorological purposes; or
 16 (b) manned hot air balloons.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 18 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00076-01-5

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