A05844 Summary:
BILL NO | A05844A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S03261-A |
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SPONSOR | Kavanagh |
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COSPNSR | Colton, Jaffee, Abinanti, Rosenthal, Otis, Rozic, Ortiz, Englebright, Fahy, Stirpe, Dinowitz, Linares, Skoufis, Santabarbara, Mosley, Rodriguez, Sepulveda |
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MLTSPNSR | Galef, Glick, Paulin, Thiele, Walker |
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Amd §§27-2101, 27-2107 & 71-2724, En Con L | |
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Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps. |
A05844 Actions:
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03/05/2015 | referred to environmental conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/17/2015 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/24/2015 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/27/2015 | advanced to third reading cal.153 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/22/2015 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/22/2015 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/22/2015 | REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | ordered to third reading cal.221 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/05/2016 | amended on third reading 5844a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/04/2016 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/04/2016 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/05/2016 | REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
A05844 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Abbate
ER
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Silver
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lupinacci
ER
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Persaud
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
ER
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barron
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
ER
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
ER
Roberts
Yes
Tenney
No
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titone
ER
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Russell
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No
Friend
Yes
Kolb
No
Nojay
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
ER
Wright
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
ER
Goldfeder
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
ER
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barclay
ER
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Blake
ER
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonough
ER
Ramos
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bronson
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
No
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
ER
Butler
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
ER
Gantt
ER
Kolb
No
Nojay
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cancel
Yes
Garbarino
No
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
ER
Wozniak
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
No
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
ER
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Sepulveda
ER
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
ER
Simanowitz
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A05844 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5844--A Cal. No. 221 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON, JAFFEE, ABINANTI, ROSENTHAL, OTIS, ROZIC, ORTIZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, FAHY, STIRPE, DINOWITZ, LINARES, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, GLICK, PAULIN, THIELE, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ- mental Conservation -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 27-2101 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding five new subdivisions 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 to read 3 as follows: 4 30. "Mercury-added lamp" means an electric lamp to which mercury or 5 mercury compounds are intentionally added during the manufacturing proc- 6 ess, including, but not limited to, compact fluorescent lamps, fluores- 7 cent lamps and tubular fluorescent lamps with normal or long lifetime. 8 31. "Producer of mercury-added lamps" means any person who: 9 (a) manufactures and sells mercury-added lamps under its own brand; 10 (b) resells under its own brand equipment produced by other suppliers, 11 a reseller not being regarded as the producer of mercury-added lamps if 12 the brand of the producer of mercury-added lamps appears on the equip- 13 ment, as provided for in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; or 14 (c) serves as the importer or domestic distributor of a mercury-added 15 lamp if the brand name owner is located outside of the United States. 16 32. "General purpose lights" means lamps, bulbs, tubes, or other elec- 17 tric devices that provide functional illumination for indoor residen- 18 tial, indoor commercial, and outdoor use. General purpose lights shall 19 not include special purpose lights. 20 33. "Special purpose lights" means the following specialty lighting: 21 appliance, black light, germicidal, bug, colored, infrared, left-hand EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01925-04-6A. 5844--A 2 1 thread, marine, marine's signal service, mine service, plant light, 2 reflector, reprographic, rough service, shatter-resistant, cold temper- 3 ature, sign service, silver bowl, showcase, three-way, traffic signal, 4 and vibration service. 5 34. "Long lifetime" means more than twenty-four thousand hours when 6 tested on a T8 instant start ballast, a T12 rapid start ballast, or a T5 7 programmed start ballast, and turned on and off every three hours 8 ("three hour starts"). 9 § 2. Section 27-2107 of the environmental conservation law is amended 10 by adding two new subdivisions 11 and 12 to read as follows: 11 11. On and after January first, two thousand seventeen, no producer of 12 mercury-added lamps shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute such lamps 13 that fail to meet mercury content standards adopted by the department, 14 and for the following general purpose lights, mercury content shall be 15 no higher than: 16 (a) 2.5 milligrams for compact fluorescent lamps less than thirty 17 watts; 18 (b) 3.5 milligrams for straight fluorescent T8 lamps with a normal 19 lifetime (excluding 8-foot models) and 3.0 milligrams for straight 20 fluorescent T5 lamps with a normal lifetime; 21 (c) 5.0 milligrams for straight fluorescent T8 and T5 lamps with a 22 long lifetime; 23 (d) 15.0 milligrams for non-linear fluorescent T8, T5, and T12 lamps 24 and 8-foot linear fluorescent lamps (excluding very high output models); 25 12. On or before December thirty-first, two thousand seventeen, mercu- 26 ry content standards established in accordance with this section shall 27 not apply to special purpose lights. 28 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 71-2724 of the environmental conserva- 29 tion law, as added by chapter 145 of the laws of 2004, is amended to 30 read as follows: 31 1. Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any provision of 32 or fails to perform any duty pursuant to title twenty-one of article 33 twenty-seven of this chapter, except subdivision one of section 27-2105 34 and subdivision eleven of section 27-2107 of this chapter, shall upon 35 the first finding of such a violation be liable for a civil penalty not 36 to exceed one hundred dollars. Any person convicted of a second or 37 subsequent violation shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed 38 five hundred dollars for each violation. 39 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 71-2724 of the environmental conserva- 40 tion law, as added by chapter 145 of the laws of 2004, is amended to 41 read as follows: 42 2. Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates or fails to 43 perform any duty imposed by subdivision one of section 27-2105 or subdi- 44 vision eleven of section 27-2107 of this chapter shall upon the first 45 finding of such a violation be provided with educational materials 46 describing the requirements for mercury disposal and the effects of 47 improper mercury disposal, and be warned that future violations shall 48 result in the imposition of a fine. Any person convicted of a second 49 violation shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed fifty 50 dollars. Any person convicted of a third violation shall be liable for a 51 civil penalty not to exceed seventy-five dollars. Any person convicted 52 of a fourth or subsequent violation shall be liable for a civil penalty 53 not to exceed one hundred dollars for each violation. 54 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately, 55 the department of environmental conservation shall promulgate any regu- 56 lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.