---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to water quality testing for land clearing debris and compost facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties"
description: "Relates to water quality testing for land clearing debris and compost facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 3213"
citation: "New York S 3213 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVALLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa3ac7b3-9a31-4d82-8181-fd6f2a8ad0c4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S3213"
source_hash: "b9d85abd02185ff9a314d1b33ca5799d8ec0c597377334045b0fdb4c6775a7a5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 3213 (2017-2018) — Relates to water quality testing for land clearing debris and compost facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties

Relates to water quality testing for land clearing debris and compost facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S3213 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3213&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S3213 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S3213)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVALLE — primary (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- PHILLIPS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.268
- **2017-02-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-03-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-03-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-03-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-03-20** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2623
- **2017-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.76
- **2017-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa3ac7b3-9a31-4d82-8181-fd6f2a8ad0c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).