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A 6930: Prohibits the application of pesticides to certain local freshwater wetlands for local governments that have implemented a freshwater wetlands protection law; provides that any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect on the first day of January after it shall have been adopted.
What A 6930 does, verified July 2, 2025
The proposed law aims to protect local freshwater wetlands by prohibiting the application of certain pesticides. A local government must have a freshwater wetlands protection law or ordinance in place to adopt a local law or ordinance that restricts pesticide use. This restriction does not apply to invasive species control, public health concerns, or the protection of critical native plant species. The law only applies to wetlands connected to public water sources or reservoirs, and does not affect farm operations. Any new local law or ordinance takes effect on January 1st, and the entire law goes into effect 90 days after it is passed.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s5983a (2025-05-29)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6930
- What is the current status of A 6930?
- As of July 2, 2025, A 6930 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on May 29, 2025, was "substituted by s5983a".
- Did A 6930 pass?
- Not yet. A 6930 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6930, and where is it now?
- A 6930 was authored by Asm. Chris Burdick with 4 coauthors.
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| May. 29, 2025 | substituted by s5983a |
| May. 29, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.333 |
| May. 29, 2025 | rules report cal.333 |
| May. 29, 2025 | reported |
| May. 28, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 18, 2025 · 356 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6930 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT, COLTON, ROSENTHAL, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the application of pesticides to certain local freshwater wetlands 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 24-0513 to read as follows: 3 § 24-0513. Local freshwater wetlands pesticide prohibition. 4 1. A local government that has implemented a freshwater wetlands 5 protection law or ordinance in accordance with section 24-0501 of this 6 title may adopt a local law or ordinance to prohibit the application of 7 pesticides to wetlands it regulates; provided, however, that any such 8 law or ordinance shall not prohibit pesticide applications for the 9 control of invasive species identified pursuant to title 17 of article 9 10 of this chapter, pests of significant public health importance, noxious 11 weeds designated by the department as injurious to ecosystem health, or 12 for the protection of critical native plant species. 13 2. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to those 14 wetlands which are hydrologically connected to any reservoir, reservoir 15 stem, class A waterway or other source of public water supply. 16 (b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit 17 or limit the use or application of pesticides used in farm operations as 18 defined in section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law. 19 3. Any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall 20 take effect on the first day of January after it shall have been 21 adopted. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 23 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10703-03-5
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