New York A 6566: Enacts the "sustainable building materials act of 2025"

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A06566 Summary:

BILL NOA06566B

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SAME ASSAME AS S07648-A

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SPONSORCarroll R

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COSPNSRLevenberg, McDonald, De Los Santos, Epstein, Shimsky, Kelles, Gallagher

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1115, Tax L

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Enacts the "sustainable building materials act"; enacts into law components of legislation relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in construction; provides a sales tax exemption for certain low-carbon building materials (Part A); establishes a grant program for manufacturers of concrete for environmental product declarations (Part B).

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BILL NOA06566B

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03/06/2025referred to ways and means

04/25/2025amend (t) and recommit to ways and means

04/25/2025print number 6566a

05/27/2025amend (t) and recommit to ways and means

05/27/2025print number 6566b

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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Go to topA06566 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6566--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, LEVENBERG, McDONALD, DE LOS SANTOS --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
 ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a sales tax
 exemption for certain low-carbon building materials (Part A); to
 establish a grant program for manufacturers of concrete for environ-
 mental product declarations (Part B)

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "sustainable building materials act of 2025".
 3 § 2. This act enacts into law components of legislation relating to
 4 reducing greenhouse gas emissions in construction. Each component is
 5 wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts A through B. The
 6 effective date for each particular provision contained within such Part
 7 is set forth in the last section of such Part. Any provision in any
 8 section contained within a Part, including the effective date of the
 9 Part, which makes reference to a section "of this act", when used in
 10 connection with that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and
 11 refer to the corresponding section of the Part in which it is found.
 12 Section three of this act sets forth the general effective date of this
 13 act.

 14 PART A

 15 Section 1. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds
 16 that reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is a
 17 critical component of the state's climate goals under the Climate Lead-
 18 ership and Community Protection Act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10492-07-5

 A. 6566--B 2

 1 The legislature further finds that embodied carbon in construction
 2 materials, such as cement, steel, and other building products, contrib-
 3 utes significantly to overall emissions. Studies show that nearly half
 4 of emissions from new buildings between 2020 and 2050 will come from
 5 embodied carbon under a business-as-usual scenario (Carbon Neutral
 6 Buildings Roadmap, NYSERDA).
 7 The concrete and steel industries alone account for over 20% of global
 8 industrial emissions, with cement production ranking among the largest
 9 industrial greenhouse gas emitters in New York state (Final Scoping
 10 Plan, NYS Climate Action Council).
 11 In New York, 28% of annual building-related emissions are associated
 12 with the production of materials such as concrete, steel, aluminum,
 13 glass, and insulation (Final Scoping Plan, NYS Climate Action Council).
 14 However, specifying lower-carbon alternatives can reduce embodied carbon
 15 emissions by up to 33%, and material reuse strategies can achieve
 16 reductions of up to 80% (Carbon Neutral Buildings Roadmap, NYSERDA).
 17 The legislature recognizes that demand for low-carbon building materi-
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