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S 7648 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the "sustainable building materials act of 2025"

Summary
Enacts the "sustainable building materials act"; enacts into law components of legislation relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in construction; provides a sales tax exemption for certain low-carbon building materials (Part A); establishes a grant program for manufacturers of concrete for environmental product declarations (Part B).
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesProvides sales tax exemption for low-carbon building materials, reducing tax burden on sustainable construction and aligning with tax relief indicators.90% confidence ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill reduces construction emissions via low-carbon material tax incentives and grants for sustainable manufacturing, advancing clean energy infrastructure goals.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentReduces construction emissions via tax incentives for low-carbon materials and grants for environmental product declarations, directly advancing climate goals.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 25, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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What changed between versions

S7648 → S7648A · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to reflect committee actions, including the discharge of the committee and the recommitment of the bill. The short title was changed to the 'sustainable building materials act of 2025,' and the legislative findings were reorganized to remove redundant text about Part C. A new definition for 'Department' was added to clarify the state department's role, while the definition for 'Division' was adjusted for consistency.
Scope change
The bill's scope was technically narrowed in the findings section by removing references to Part C (commercial property financing), and the definition section was expanded to explicitly define the 'Department' of State.
TIMELINE

Added procedural text indicating the bill was discharged from committee, amended, and recommitted.

SCOPE

Removed references to Part C (commercial property assessed clean energy financing) from the act's title and legislative findings.

DEFINITION

Added a new definition for 'Department' to mean the department of state, and renumbered the 'Division' definition from (C) to (D) and (E) respectively.

TECHNICAL

Updated the short title from 'building embodied carbon breakthrough act' to 'sustainable building materials act of 2025'.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7648A
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO BUDGET AND REVENUE
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Brian Kavanagh
Brian Kavanagh
DDemocratic
NY
27
Co
Photo of Cordell Cleare
Cordell Cleare
DDemocratic
NY
30