S 9539 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires the department of health to create and issue a five-year plan with its proposals to best mitigate the persistence of lead in school water across the state

Summary

Requires the department of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, to create and issue a five-year plan with proposals to best mitigate the persistence of lead in schools.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 23, 2026 Last action Jun 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

S9539 → S9539A · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add multiple sponsors and update its legislative history to show it has been reported favorably by the Health Committee. The core policy text was significantly rewritten to remove a requirement for immediate public posting of test results and a mandate for triennial reports. Instead, the law now focuses exclusively on requiring the Department of Health to create a five-year plan detailing how to improve testing accuracy, verify remediation, and standardize reporting.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from requiring immediate data transparency and regular reporting to focusing on the development of a strategic five-year plan for lead mitigation.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for school districts to immediately post test results and laboratory reports on their websites and transmit them to state agencies.

Removed the mandate for the Department of Health to publish a triennial report based on tap water testing findings.

Replaced the previous reporting mandates with a requirement for the Department of Health to create a five-year plan addressing testing accuracy, remediation verification, and standardized reporting criteria.

ELIGIBILITY

Added Sens. CLEARE, HARCKHAM, KAVANAGH, MARTINEZ, MYRIE, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, and SKOUFIS to the list of bill sponsors.

TIMELINE

Updated the bill's status to reflect that it was reported favorably from the Committee on Health and committed to the Committee on Finance.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2026

How they voted

61–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 63

Jun 2, 2026

D Democratic41

39 Yea 2

95% Yea

R Republican22

22 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jun 1, 2026

Committee

COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

May 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 9539A

upper

May 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

upper

May 5, 2026

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

upper

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors