Senate BillPassed first house
S 1187: Authorizes certain local municipal agencies to use surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping.
What S 1187 does, verified February 4, 2026
The bill aims to amend the environmental conservation law to authorize local municipalities to install surveillance cameras and review their footage to identify individuals engaging in illegal dumping. This measure would allow local agencies to enhance their efforts in preventing and addressing waste management issues. The bill would take effect immediately, enabling local governments to implement the new provision.
Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-02-03)Alert me
Author and sponsors
Full contact details, staff, and committees with Connect, $16/moUnlockRecent actions16 total · showing 5
| Feb. 03, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Feb. 03, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Feb. 03, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jan. 27, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Jan. 21, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 170 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1187 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, HARCKHAM, PERSAUD, ROLISON -- 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 authorizing the installation of surveillance cameras The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 27-0107 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. Local enforcement. Any municipal agency having authority over 4 local sanitization or waste management may install surveillance cameras 5 and review such camera footage to help identify individuals who have 6 engaged in illegal dumping. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01896-01-5
Text of S 1187 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions