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A1388 • 2025

Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products

Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products

Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Passed Senate
Effective date
Not listed

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Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products

Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S3179B

  2. 2026-05-04 Senate

    3RD READING CAL.101

  3. 2026-05-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  4. 2026-05-04 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-03-31 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-03-31 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. 2026-03-31 Senate

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  8. 2026-02-26 Assembly

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1388A

  9. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.50

  10. 2025-04-07 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED BY S3179

  11. 2025-04-03 Assembly

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.86

  12. 2025-04-02 Assembly

    REPORTED

  13. 2025-01-09 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Official Summary Text

Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products
Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          1388

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     January 9, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, KELLES, COLTON, BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT,
          REYES, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, MAMDANI, EPSTEIN,  FORREST,  RAGA  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products

          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 3 of section 37-0119 of the
     2  environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 596 of the  laws  of
     3  2021, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a.  "Coal  tar"  means a viscous substance obtained by the destructive
     5  distillation of coal, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  ETHYLENE  CRACKED
     6  RESIDUES  OR STEAM CRACKED RESIDUES, and containing levels of polycyclic
     7  aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in excess of [ten] ONE thousand  milligrams
     8  per kilogram.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03930-01-5