S 5010 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Creates a road salt reduction policies and applicator training program for use by state agencies and state contractors

Summary
Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish a set of comprehensive road salt reduction policies and to design a road salt applicator training program; requires the department, every state agency and state contractor which uses road salt to use such training materials to train and inform employees on the best practices of using such materials.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2026
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S5010A S5010B · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was revised to broaden its scope by explicitly including 'road salt reduction policies' alongside the training program and extending the definition of applicators to include those working on driveways and parking lots. The timeline for implementation was accelerated, requiring the establishment of policies by December 2027 and the training program by December 2028, with mandatory training for all affected entities starting in January 2029. The report requirements were also updated to include findings on expanding training availability and to be submitted by December 2029.
Scope change
The bill now explicitly mandates the creation of road salt reduction policies in addition to the training program, and expands the applicability of training requirements to include driveways and parking lots.
SCOPE

Added a requirement to establish comprehensive road salt reduction policies, including application methods and best management practices, by December 2027.

REQUIREMENT

Expanded the definition of entities required to undergo training to include those applying salt on driveways and parking lots, not just public roadways.

Updated the required report to include findings on expanding training availability and to be submitted by December 2029.

TIMELINE

Extended the deadline for establishing the training program to December 2028 and set the mandatory training start date to January 2029.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Jun 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5010B
upper
Jun 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Apr 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5010A
upper
Apr 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
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Sponsors

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Pete Harckham
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
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