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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6240: Relates to declaring a climate emergency and placing a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure

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 6240 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to declaring a climate emergency and placing a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure. Primary sponsor: Robert Carroll (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.

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.

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Robert CarrollPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Khaleel AndersonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse31
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Chantel JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Zohran MamdaniCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“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. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  2. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Sources

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