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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 2053: Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake

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

S 2053 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake. Primary sponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 2 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.

Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; requires such permits to be subject to environmental quality review procedures; requires financial security to cover any damages directly or indirectly resulting from salt mining activities beneath a lake, including, but not limited to, those resulting from collapse or water contamination.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic/Working Families 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lea WebbPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48

“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. COMMITTED TO RULES
  3. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  4. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  5. 1ST REPORT CAL.326
  6. PRINT NUMBER 2053A
  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  8. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Sources

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