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S9479 • 2025

Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands

Relates to the definition of tidal wetlands

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Pete Harckham
Last action
2026-06-03
Official status
Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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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.

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. 2026-06-03 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED BY A10936

  2. 2026-05-07 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-05-06 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-05-05 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.948

  5. 2026-04-09 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  6. 2026-04-09 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 9479A

  7. 2026-03-17 Senate

    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
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9479

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 17, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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 IN THE MARINE AND COASTAL DISTRICT,  AS  DESCRIBED  IN
     5  SECTION  13-0103  OF  THIS CHAPTER, which border on or lie beneath tidal
     6  waters, 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.
                                                                   LBD15249-01-6