S 3677: Relates to the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3677 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to direct certain state agencies to consider the right to potable water when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, and grant criteria that are relevant to or affect that right The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. All relevant state agencies, including the department of 2 health, the department of environmental conservation and the department 3 of public service shall consider the right to safe, clean, affordable, 4 and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sani- 5 tary purposes when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regu- 6 lations, and grant criteria that are relevant to or affect that right. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05217-01-5