S3581Passed one chamber. Engrossed — it passed the chamber where it started and moved to the other chamber.
Rising Tide · Youth Advocacy · 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York decides your water’s future in public. Almost nobody is watching.
We watch. Every water bill in the Legislature, checked daily against the official record and explained in plain language — so the people who will live with these decisions can act on them while there is still time.
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73water bills moving through the New York State Legislature right now
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Every bill is re-read from the official state record on a schedule. Nothing here is typed from memory or left to go stale.
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Active legislation
A11188Passed one chamber. Engrossed — it passed the chamber where it started and moved to the other chamber.
Establishes a new system of pilotage fees for the Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound east of Execution Rocks or…
S10181Passed one chamber. Engrossed — it passed the chamber where it started and moved to the other chamber.
Establishes the Birch Hill - Highview Water District in the town of Southeast, Putnam County.
A year of activity
Official actions — introductions, committee votes, floor votes and amendments — on the bills we track. Empty months are months with no recorded action, usually when the Legislature is out of session.
Legislative activity by month
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Four places to start. Every other topic we track is on the full list.
Topics
Oceans & Coasts
New York’s ocean shoreline, beaches, harbors and the marine life that depends on them.
PFAS & Contaminants
PFAS "forever chemicals", lead, and other emerging contaminants that show up in water supplies.
Water Quality
Rules about what may be released into New York waters, and how clean lakes, rivers and bays have to be.
Drinking Water
The water that comes out of the tap — where it comes from, how it is tested, and who pays to keep it safe.
How to read this site
Bill text, sponsors, votes and hearing notices come from the official legislative record through LegiScan. Which bills count as water bills, and which topics they belong to, is our judgment — and we show the reasoning on every bill page. Read the methodology for the full explanation.