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Home/Bills/S 5729New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillPassed first houseEXC

S 5729: 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.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified June 4, 2026

What S 5729 does, verified June 4, 2026

The bill aims to expand the definition of a disaster in New York State to include hazardous air quality. Currently, the definition of a disaster includes natural or man-made causes, but it does not specifically mention air contamination. The bill would add air quality emergencies to the list of potential disasters, requiring local governments to develop an action plan and inventory of air quality emergency resources. This change would help prepare communities for and respond to air quality emergencies, such as those caused by industrial accidents or natural disasters. The bill would take effect immediately, allowing local governments to begin preparing for and responding to air quality emergencies.

Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-06-01)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5729
What is the current status of S 5729?
As of June 4, 2026, S 5729 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on June 1, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
Did S 5729 pass?
Not yet. S 5729 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
Who wrote S 5729, and where is it now?
S 5729 was authored by Sen. Peter Harckham with 7 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations. It is filed under EXC, alongside 143 other New York EXC bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Sen. Peter HarckhamAuthor · New York State Senate
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Coauthors
Rob RolisonChris RyanJulia SalazarPatricia FahyJosé SerranoSamra BroukSteven Rhoads
Recent actions16 total · showing 5
Jun. 01, 2026referred to governmental operations
Jun. 01, 2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun. 01, 2026PASSED SENATE
May. 20, 2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
May. 19, 20262ND REPORT CAL.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 28, 2025 · 326 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5729 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home- land Security and Military Affairs 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
Text of S 5729 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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