New York Assembly Bill A06796 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6796 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, BARCLAY, BEEPHAN, BENDETT, BLANKEN- BUSH, BLUMENCRANZ, BOLOGNA, BRABENEC, BROOK-KRASNY, E. BROWN, K. BROWN, CHANG, CHLUDZINSKI, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, DURSO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, GALLAHAN, GANDOLFO, GIGLIO, GRAY, HAWLEY, JENSEN, LEMONDES, MAHER, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, MILLER, MOLITOR, MORINELLO, NORBER, NOVAKHOV, PIROZZOLO, RA, REILLY, SEMPOLINSKI, SIMPSON, SLATER, SMITH, SMULLEN, TAGUE, TANNOUSIS, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to prohibiting the elimi- nation of building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels in new building construction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 11-104 of the energy law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one 4 of section 11-103 of this article, the code shall not prohibit building 5 systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels including, 6 but not limited to, natural gas, propane, and fuel oil, in any new 7 building construction statewide, nor shall such systems be prohibited in 8 any existing building construction statewide, including renovations and 9 replacement of existing systems. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08906-01-5