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A03975 Summary:

BILL NOA03975 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04651-A

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRBichotte Hermelyn, Simon, Epstein, Gonzalez-Rojas, Levenberg, Simone, Shimsky, Forrest, Tapia,
 Carroll R, Stirpe, Dinowitz, Shrestha, Colton, Steck, Rosenthal, Paulin, Reyes, Hevesi, Gallagher,
 Valdez, Taylor, Burdick, Cruz, Mitaynes, Meeks, Raga, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§75-0101, 75-0109, 75-0111 & 75-0119, add §§75-0121 - 75-0131, En Con L; amd §1854, Pub Auth L

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Establishes an economy-wide cap and invest program to support greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the state by setting a maximum allowable amount of greenhouse gas emissions by covered entities and regulating the sale or auction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances to covered entities.

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BILL NOA03975 

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01/30/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3975

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SIMON, EPSTEIN, GONZA-
 LEZ-ROJAS, LEVENBERG, SIMONE, SHIMSKY, FORREST, TAPIA, R. CARROLL,
 STIRPE, DINOWITZ, SHRESTHA, MAMDANI, COLTON, STECK, ROSENTHAL, PAULIN,
 REYES, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
 mental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the public
 authorities law, in relation to establishing an economy-wide cap and
 invest program to support greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the
 state

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. 1. Pursuant to arti-
 2 cle 75 of the environmental conservation law, as added by the Climate
 3 Leadership and Community Protection Act, the department of environmental
 4 conservation was required to promulgate regulations, by January 1, 2024,
 5 to ensure achievement of the statewide greenhouse gas emission limits,
 6 as defined and established therein. Among other requirements, the regu-
 7 lations promulgated by such department pursuant to section 75-0109 of
 8 the environmental conservation law must ensure that the aggregate emis-
 9 sions of greenhouse gases from greenhouse gas emission sources will not
 10 exceed the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits established in
 11 section 75-0107 of the environmental conservation law; include legally
 12 enforceable emissions limits, performance standards, or measures or
 13 other requirements to control emissions from greenhouse gas emission
 14 sources; prioritize emissions and co-pollutant reductions in disadvan-
 15 taged communities; do not result in a net increase in co-pollutant emis-
 16 sions or otherwise disproportionately burden disadvantaged communities;
 17 and reflect, in substantial part, the findings of the scoping plan
 18 prepared by the Climate Action Council pursuant to section 75-0103 of
 19 the environmental conservation law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07281-02-5

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 1 2. The scoping plan prepared by the Climate Action Council pursuant to
 2 section 75-0103 of the environmental conservation law recommends that
 3 the department of environmental conservation and the New York state
 4 energy research and development authority adopt an economy-wide cap and
 5 invest program to, among other purposes, ensure achievement of the
 6 statewide greenhouse gas limits, as defined and established in article
 7 75 of the environmental conservation law.
 8 3. An economy-wide cap and invest program, established through regu-
 9 lation by the department of environmental conservation and the New York
 10 state energy research and development authority, would meet the require-
 11 ments of section 75-0109 of the environmental conservation law.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 75-0101 of the environmental conserva-
 13 tion law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is amended and