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S4046 • 2025

Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state

Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state

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Sponsor
Pete Harckham
Last action
2026-04-22
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state

Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state after July 1, 2030.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state after July 1, 2030.

Limits and Unknowns

  • 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. 2026-04-22 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  2. 2026-04-21 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  3. 2026-04-21 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  4. 2026-02-09 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-02-05 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-02-04 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.260

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  10. 2025-05-29 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-05-29 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-05-29 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  13. 2025-02-24 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-02-12 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-02-11 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.331

  16. 2025-01-31 Senate

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Official Summary Text

Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state
Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state after July 1, 2030.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          4046

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 31, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  HARCKHAM, KAVANAGH, MAY -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
          mental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  the use of fuel oil, grade number four in any building or
          facility in the state

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

     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 19-0330 to read as follows:
     3  § 19-0330. CERTAIN FUEL OIL; PROHIBITED.
     4    1. ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, NO  FUEL  OIL,  GRADE
     5  NUMBER  FOUR,  AS  CLASSIFIED  BY AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALS
     6  STANDARD D396-15C, SHALL BE USED IN ANY  BUILDING  OR  FACILITY  IN  THE
     7  STATE.
     8    2.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT A MUNICIPALITY FROM ADOPTING
     9  A LAW, CODE, ORDINANCE OR REGULATION WHICH IS MORE  STRINGENT  THAN  THE
    10  REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03412-01-5