---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to water saving performance standards"
description: "Relates to water saving performance standards; aligns water saving performance standards with the WaterSense Program guidelines developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2286"
citation: "New York A 2286 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a86f2461-a77c-4e1b-a11d-dcc3055d6093"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2286"
source_hash: "e1b5f908a423f6c575dc0d66f526f662b2ce200856ba7b6341d7eabcf7a55d7c"
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 A 2286 (2019-2020) — Relates to water saving performance standards

Relates to water saving performance standards; aligns water saving performance standards with the WaterSense Program guidelines developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2286&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED
- **2019-04-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.183
- **2019-04-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-30** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S354A
- **2019-04-30** 3RD READING CAL.485
- **2019-04-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.578 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-06** APPROVAL MEMO.26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a86f2461-a77c-4e1b-a11d-dcc3055d6093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).