New York A 9313: Enacts the "New York state healthy and green procurement act"

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A09313 Summary:

BILL NOA09313 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09743

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SPONSORLevenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§160 & 161, add §164-a, St Fin L; amd §261, Ec Dev L; amd §3-0311, En Con L

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Enacts the "New York state healthy and green procurement act".

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BILL NOA09313 

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12/10/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9313

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, the economic development law and
 the environmental conservation law, in relation to the state procure-
 ment process and to healthy and green procurement

 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 "New York
 2 state healthy and green procurement act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature hereby
 4 finds and declares that:
 5 (a) As New York moves into the twenty-first century the state should
 6 serve as a role model for practices that will create and maintain a
 7 healthy environment and vibrant economy. The manufacture, use and
 8 disposal of commodities and technologies, the construction of buildings
 9 and the provision of services utilizing toxic chemicals may have adverse
 10 impacts on public health and the environment. Persistent, bioaccumula-
 11 tive toxic chemicals, such as mercury, lead, dioxin and poly brominated
 12 diphenyl ethers, are toxic in small amounts, remain in the environment
 13 for long periods of time, and build to dangerous levels in humans, fish
 14 and other animals; and this group of pollutants known as persistent
 15 bioaccumulative toxic chemicals (PBT) pose risks to public health and
 16 the environment through their ability to cause cancer, birth defects and
 17 endocrine disruption. Such chemicals have polluted hundreds of water
 18 bodies, fish and waterfowl in the state. These adverse impacts impose
 19 costs on the state and, ultimately, society as a whole in the form of
 20 injury, disease and death; health care expenses; disposal, liability and
 21 cleanup costs; the waste of resources and raw materials; and an impaired
 22 natural environment. PBT and cancer-causing chemicals may be found in a
 23 wide range of consumer products purchased by state agencies, including
 24 lighting supplies, computers and other office equipment, vehicles,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07353-01-5

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 1 medical equipment, building supplies and printing inks. Encouraging
 2 innovation, and creating and choosing the safest, most sustainable
 3 commodities, services and technologies will help to ensure a higher
 4 quality of life for present and future generations. It will put New York
 5 businesses in an advantageous position to compete in the global market-
 6 place.
 7 (b) New York looks forward to the time when the state's power is
 8 generated from renewable and clean sources, when our homes, schools,
 9 businesses and government facilities are energy efficient and
 10 constructed, refurbished and maintained using healthy and green products
 11 and practices, when pollution prevention is embraced by government and
 12 businesses as a way to save money and protect public health and the
 13 environment, when government and citizens use energy efficient and clean
 14 vehicles, when pests are controlled with nontoxic or least toxic alter-
 15 natives, when our production of waste is significantly reduced and the
 16 rest is recycled, and when our homes, schools, workplaces, food, air and
 17 water are free from toxic contaminants.
 18 (c) Protecting public health and the environment is consistent with
 19 the traditional considerations associated with state procurement prac-
 20 tice, including lowes