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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 3959: Relates to siting permits for grassland bird breeding habitats or grassland bird wintering habitats

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 3959 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to siting permits for grassland bird breeding habitats or grassland bird wintering habitats. Primary sponsor: Carrie Woerner (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 9, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 3959B.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires a mitigation ratio of one acre for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and three acres of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carrie WoernerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Jodi GiglioCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse2
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 3959B
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY
  3. REFERRED TO ENERGY
  4. PRINT NUMBER 3959A
  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY
  6. REFERRED TO ENERGY

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source