A 6566 New York Assembly · 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).

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A6566A → A6566B · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add two new sponsors and update the legislative history to reflect its return to committee after amendments. The text was reorganized to remove a separate title for Part B, consolidate findings, and update legal definitions to clarify the roles of the Department and Division of State.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in construction, but the internal structure was simplified by removing a distinct title for the concrete grant program section.

ELIGIBILITY

Added four new sponsors (Levenberg, McDonald, De Los Santos) to the bill, expanding the coalition of legislators supporting the measure.

TIMELINE

Updated the legislative history to indicate the bill was reported from committee with amendments and recommitted, reflecting a procedural step in the legislative process.

DEFINITION

Reorganized the definitions section to clarify that 'Department' refers to the Department of State and 'Division' refers to the Division of Building Standards and Codes.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the separate short title for the concrete grant program (Part B) from the main summary, consolidating the bill's description to focus on the sustainable building materials act.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

May 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6566B

lower

May 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6566A

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

1 primary · 7 co-sponsors