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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 9311: Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay

Passed one chamber 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 9311 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay. Primary sponsor: Roxanne Persaud (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2026): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.

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Official summary

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

Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay; imposes a five-year moratorium on placing sediment or fill in the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roxanne PersaudPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.737
  7. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Sources

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