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S 8725: Prohibits the blowing of grass clippings or leaves on highways and adjacent lands.
What S 8725 does, verified January 12, 2026
The bill aims to prohibit the blowing of grass clippings or leaves on highways and adjacent lands. It amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law to make it illegal to throw, dump, deposit, or place any refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, litter, grass clippings, or leaves, or any nauseous or offensive matter, upon highways or adjacent private lands. The new law will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8725
- What is the current status of S 8725?
- As of January 12, 2026, S 8725 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 TRANSPORTATION".
- Did S 8725 pass?
- Not yet. S 8725 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 8725, and where is it now?
- S 8725 was authored by Sen. Alexis Weik. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 7, 2026 · 194 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8725 IN SENATE January 7, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting the blowing of grass clippings or leaves on highways and adjacent lands The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1220 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law is amended to read as follows: 3 (a) No person shall [throw, dump, deposit or place] blow, or cause to 4 be [thrown, dumped, deposited or placed] blown upon any highway, or 5 within the limits of the right of way of such highway, or upon private 6 lands adjacent thereto, any refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, litter, 7 grass clippings or leaves, or any nauseous or offensive matter. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13874-02-5
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