---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing a list of emerging contaminants"
description: "Relates to adding additional chemicals to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 90 days and to update the list every three years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 126"
citation: "New York A 126 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f2a08a7-093f-4189-a9a9-2a8d66da5e6e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A126"
source_hash: "934ab09b9d0cee0d9c2156fe1ec410611fb5005e67d16c288f598b5f89683366"
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 126 (2021-2022) — Relates to establishing a list of emerging contaminants

Relates to adding additional chemicals to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 90 days and to update the list every three years.

## Version chain

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

1. **A126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A126&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A126A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A126A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **127–20** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **54–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DURSO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- LEMONDES — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STERN — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)
- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** REPORTED
- **2021-01-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.30
- **2021-05-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 126A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1759A
- **2021-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.725
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.716 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f2a08a7-093f-4189-a9a9-2a8d66da5e6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).