New York A 3398: Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay

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A03398 Summary:

BILL NOA03398 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01126

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRWeprin, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay; imposes a five-year moratorium on placing sediment or fill in the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay.

Go to top A03398 Actions:

BILL NOA03398 

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01/27/2025referred to environmental conservation

02/11/2025reported referred to ways and means

04/29/2025reported referred to rules

04/30/2025reported 

04/30/2025rules report cal.159

04/30/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.159

04/30/2025substituted by s1126

&nbspS01126 AMEND= PERSAUD

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

&nbsp02/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.394

&nbsp02/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp03/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp03/24/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp03/24/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp03/24/2025referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/30/2025substituted for a3398

&nbsp04/30/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.159

&nbsp04/30/2025passed assembly

&nbsp04/30/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/01/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/05/2025VETOED MEMO.79

Go to topA03398 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:02/11/2025AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means GlickAyeSimpsonAye

ColtonAyeSmullenAye

OtisAyeTagueAye

WilliamsAyeManktelowAye

BarrettAyeBrownAye

CarrollAyeLemondesAye

EpsteinAyeSlaterAye

McMahonAyeBaileyAye

BurdickAyeSempolinskiAye

LunsfordAye

KellesAbsent

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoAye

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAbsent

ConradAye

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:04/29/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoExcusedPalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAyeDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldExcusedSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesExcused

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:04/30/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanExcused

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA03398 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA03398 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3398

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT directing the department of environmental conservation to conduct
 a study on ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay

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

 1 Section 1. (a) The department of environmental conservation shall
 2 conduct a beneficial use study to determine ecological restoration needs
 3 in Jamaica Bay. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
 4 (i) a description of the bathymetry of target areas of Jamaica Bay and
 5 a map of the borrow pits;
 6 (ii) the ecological service quality of the borrow pits over multiple
 7 weather seasons at multiple depths, including in-depth analysis of the
 8 populations of fin fish species that utilize such areas during different
 9 seasons;
 10 (iii) the geotechnical conditions of all pit bottoms;
 11 (iv) the significance of the borrow pits regarding the absorption of
 12 heat during summer months when adjacent shallow areas experience ulva
 13 sulfide conditions; and
 14 (v) any other policy recommendations regarding the ecological restora-
 15 tion of Jamaica Bay.
 16 (b) The department of environmental conservation shall:
 17 (i) issue a report