A 6847: Requires that any rules or regulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation pursuant to the climate action fund are subject to a vote of the legislature and must be approved by a majority vote prior to implementation.
What A 6847 does, verified January 11, 2026
The bill aims to amend the public authorities law to require approval by the legislature for certain environmental regulations. All rules or regulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation related to the climate action fund must be subject to a majority vote of the legislature before implementation. Additionally, recommendations generated by the climate affordability study must be approved by the legislature before taking effect and no funds can be deposited into the affected accounts until approval is obtained. The changes will take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6847
- What is the current status of A 6847?
- As of January 11, 2026, A 6847 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to environmental conservation".
- Did A 6847 pass?
- Not yet. A 6847 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6847, and where is it now?
- A 6847 was authored by Asm. Philip Palmesano with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Environmental Conservation. It is filed under PBA, alongside 84 other New York PBA bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Mar. 14, 2025 | referred to environmental conservation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 14, 2025 · 292 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6847 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, BARCLAY, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, BENDETT, BLANKENBUSH, BLUMENCRANZ, BOLOGNA, BRABENEC, BROOK-KRASNY, E. BROWN, K. BROWN, CHANG, CHLUDZINSKI, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, DURSO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, GALLAHAN, GANDOLFO, GIGLIO, GRAY, HAWLEY, JENSEN, LEMONDES, MAHER, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, MILLER, MOLITOR, MORINELLO, NORBER, NOVAKHOV, PIROZZOLO, RA, REILLY, SEMPOLINSKI, SIMPSON, SLATER, SMITH, SMULLEN, TAGUE, TANNOUSIS, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring that any rules or regulations promulgated by the department of envi- ronmental conservation pursuant to the climate action fund are subject to a vote of the legislature for approval The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding two new subdivisions 27 and 28 to read as follows: 3 27. All rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision twen- 4 ty-four, twenty-five or twenty-six of this section shall be subject to 5 approval by a majority vote of the legislature prior to implementation. 6 28. Pursuant to the climate affordability study described in subdivi- 7 sion twenty-six of this section, no recommendation generated by such 8 study shall take effect, and no monies shall be deposited into any of 9 the accounts described in subdivisions twenty-four and twenty-five of 10 this section, prior to approval by a majority vote of the legislature. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08917-01-5
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