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A10936 • 2025

Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands

Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands

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Sponsor
Deborah Glick
Last action
2026-06-03
Official status
Passed Senate
Effective date
Not listed

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Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands

Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands Specifies the marine and coastal district as part of the definition of tidal wetlands.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands Specifies the marine and coastal district as part of the definition of tidal wetlands.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-03 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S9479A

  2. 2026-06-03 Senate

    3RD READING CAL.948

  3. 2026-06-03 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  4. 2026-06-03 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. 2026-05-13 Senate

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  8. 2026-04-23 Assembly

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.387

  9. 2026-04-21 Assembly

    REPORTED

  10. 2026-04-14 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Official Summary Text

Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands
Specifies the marine and coastal district as part of the definition of tidal wetlands.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10936

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 14, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          definition of tidal wetlands

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 1 of section 25-0103 of the
     2  environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 790 of the  laws  of
     3  1973, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  those  areas  which  border on or lie beneath tidal waters OF THE
     5  MARINE AND COASTAL DISTRICT, AS DESCRIBED IN  SECTION  13-0103  OF  THIS
     6  CHAPTER,  such  as, but not limited to, banks, bogs, salt marsh, swamps,
     7  meadows, flats or other low lands subject  to  tidal  action,  including
     8  those areas now or formerly connected to tidal waters;
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15249-05-6