---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps"
description: "Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8965"
citation: "New York A 8965 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ENGLEBRIGHT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da59ed7e-c4ed-4f16-86ca-de6dec78ac4d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8965"
source_hash: "d63a23a59b2cbd0ff4fee7fd8b909927ab2bf55519006cfbf0d79b947724fd37"
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 8965 (2019-2020) — Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps

Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8965** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8965&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ENGLEBRIGHT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** REPORTED
- **2020-01-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.369
- **2020-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7189
- **2020-02-03** 3RD READING CAL.113
- **2020-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.30 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da59ed7e-c4ed-4f16-86ca-de6dec78ac4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).