A 7036: Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster; requires explicit inclusion of air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans with an action plan and annual inventory of air quality emergency resources.
What A 7036 does, verified June 29, 2026
The bill aims to add hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster and require local comprehensive emergency management plans to include air quality emergency preparedness. The state definition of a disaster now includes air contamination and hazardous air quality. Local governments must develop an action plan for air quality emergencies and maintain an annual inventory of their air quality emergency resources. The changes take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7036
- What is the current status of A 7036?
- As of June 29, 2026, A 7036 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 governmental operations".
- Did A 7036 pass?
- Not yet. A 7036 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7036, and where is it now?
- A 7036 was authored by Asm. Jessica González-Rojas with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations. It is filed under EXC, alongside 143 other New York EXC bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Mar. 18, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 18, 2025 · 315 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7036 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster and including air quali- ty emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans 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 2 of section 20 of the executive 2 law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 a. "disaster" means occurrence or imminent, impending or urgent threat 5 of wide spread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property 6 resulting from any natural or [man-made] human-made causes, including, 7 but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, high 8 water, landslide, mudslide, wind, storm, wave action, volcanic activity, 9 epidemic, disease outbreak, air contamination, hazardous air quality, 10 terrorism, cyber event, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, radio- 11 logical accident, nuclear, chemical, biological, or bacteriological 12 release, water contamination, bridge failure or bridge collapse. 13 § 2. Section 23 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdi- 14 vision 8 to read as follows: 15 8. Such plans shall additionally include, but not be limited to, the 16 following regarding air quality emergencies: 17 a. an action plan for the municipality in the case of an air quality 18 emergency; and 19 b. an annual inventory of the municipality's air quality emergency 20 resources. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10455-01-5
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