New York A 8996: Enacts the "New York state nurse employment, enhancement and dignity act"

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A08996 Summary:

BILL NOA08996 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08481

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SPONSORBologna

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COSPNSRSempolinski, Manktelow, Palmesano, Hawley, Brown E, Miller, Gallahan, Walsh, Tague, Smullen,
 Giglio, Norber, Simpson

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §75-0121, En Con L; add §8-a, Pub Serv L; add §11-104-a, Energy L; amd §378, Exec L

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Authorizes local governments to opt out of mandates and benchmarks arising under the climate leadership and community protection act and associated universal electrification requirements by filing a resolution with the department of environmental conservation.

Go to top A08996 Actions:

BILL NOA08996 

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08/13/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

04/21/2026held for consideration in environmental conservation

Go to topA08996 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:21/9 Action: Held for Consideration GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenNay

OtisAyeTagueNay

WilliamsAyeManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownNay

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

McMahonAyeSlaterNay

BurdickAyeBaileyNay

LunsfordAyeSempolinskiNay

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoAye

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

McDonaldAye

ClarkAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

KayAye

Go to topA08996 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08996 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8996

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, the public service
 law, the energy law and the executive law, in relation to authorizing
 local governments to opt out of mandates and benchmarks arising under
 the climate leadership and community protection act and associated
 universal electrification requirements

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby
 2 finds and declares:
 3 (a) New York state is on a collision course with an energy affordabil-
 4 ity and reliability crisis due to increasingly rigid and unilateral
 5 mandates arising from the climate leadership and community protection
 6 act (CLCPA) and related universal electrification policies;
 7 (b) The forced transition to all-electric building codes and transpor-
 8 tation benchmarks, without sufficient infrastructure, technological
 9 readiness, or financial safeguards, poses a substantial threat to rate-
 10 payers, local economies, and public safety;
 11 (c) Communities in western New York and throughout the state must
 12 retain the ability to make energy choices appropriate to their economic,
 13 geographic, and infrastructural circumstances;
 14 (d) Municipal home rule and energy choice must be preserved, partic-
 15 ularly where mandates create new costs, burdens, or public safety
 16 concerns; and
 17 (e) California's recent withdrawal of the advanced clean fleets (ACF)
 18 rule, with a formal repeal soon to follow, and other states' reconsider-
 19 ation of strict electrification timelines suggest a prudent course
 20 correction is warranted.
 21 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 22 section 75-0121 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13531-01-5

 A. 8996 2

 1 § 75-0121. Municipal opt-out authority.
 2 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, excluding
 3 cities with a population of one million or more, town, or village may,
 4 by majority vote of its legislative body, adopt a resolution opting out
 5 of any requirement, benchmark, or mandate imposed under this article or
 6 any related regulation or code requiring universal electrification or
 7 restricting the use of traditional energy sources.
 8 2. Such resolution shall be filed with the department and shall take
 9 effect upon such filing.
 10 3. No municipality shall be penalized, denied funding, or otherwise
 11 disadvantaged by the state for exercising the opt-out author