New York S 9072: Relates to the submission of environmental impact statements by entities proposing construction of a new building development within one mile of a transit facility

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S09072 Summary:

BILL NOS09072A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04282-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRBOTTCHER, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, SERRANO

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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.

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BILL NOS09072A

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01/28/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

02/04/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

02/04/2026PRINT NUMBER 9072A

02/09/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

02/09/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.294

02/10/2026PASSED SENATE

02/10/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/10/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9072--A

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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
 16 to paragraph b of subdivision two of section 74-0102 of this article
 17 that both:
 18 i. Currently operates a greenhouse gas emissions reporting organiza-
 19 tion for organizations operating in the United States; and
 20 ii. Has experience with greenhouse gas emissions disclosure by enti-
 21 ties operating in New York.
 22 2. "Reporting entity" means:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00696-08-6

 S. 9072--A 2

 1 a. A partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other
 2 business entity formed under the laws of this state, the laws of any
 3 other state of the United States or the District of Columbia, or under
 4 an act of the Congress of the United States that both:
 5 i. Does business in this state and is deriving receipts from activity
 6 in this state within the meaning of section two hundred nine of the tax
 7 law; and
 8 ii. Has total revenues in excess of one billion dollars in the preced-
 9 ing fiscal year, including but not limited to revenues received by all
 10 of the business entity's subsidiaries that do business in this state.
 11 b. A foreign entity shall not be considered to be doing business in
 12 this state exclusively by reason of carrying on in this state any of the
 13 activities enumerated in subsection (b) of section thirteen hundred one
 14 of the business corporation law. If a reporting entity is included as a
 15 consolidated subsidiary in the consolidated financial statements of an
 16 ultimate parent entity, then such ultimate parent entity may be the
 17 reporting entity for purposes of this definition. If a subsidiary of a
 18 parent comp