---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits certain uses of trichloroethylene"
description: "Prohibits the use of trichloroethylene as a vapor degreaser, an intermediate chemical to produce other chemicals, a refrigerant, or an extraction solvent or in any other manufacturing or industrial cleaning process or use beginning December 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6829"
citation: "New York S 6829 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-11-01"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0826946-2f9a-46b7-a863-2d7f73e59d05"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6829"
source_hash: "e13c0108046acb02b350a47e65b05eb7eaca2bb4fa4e00eb54865f45424631ce"
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 6829 (2019-2020) — Prohibits certain uses of trichloroethylene

Prohibits the use of trichloroethylene as a vapor degreaser, an intermediate chemical to produce other chemicals, a refrigerant, or an extraction solvent or in any other manufacturing or industrial cleaning process or use beginning December 1, 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6829&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6829A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6829A)
3. **S6829B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6829B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **49–11** (pass) · upper
- Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: B — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **116–25** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **17–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-01** PRINT NUMBER 6829A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-14** PRINT NUMBER 6829B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.805
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8829A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.316
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.370 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.66

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0826946-2f9a-46b7-a863-2d7f73e59d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).