---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the department of environmental conservation, with the assistance of other departments and agencies, to conduct a study on the health impacts of John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport"
description: "Directs the department of environmental conservation, with the assistance of other state departments and agencies, to conduct a study on the quality of life and human health impacts at John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2140"
citation: "New York A 2140 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GRIFFIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/270593e3-effa-4e89-9c92-be3a76844943"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2140"
source_hash: "66762ac899769cc289a57a1caa75411ece8010f8e9206be80c877b24b46fd917"
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 2140 (2021-2022) — Directs the department of environmental conservation, with the assistance of other departments and agencies, to conduct a study on the health impacts of John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport

Directs the department of environmental conservation, with the assistance of other state departments and agencies, to conduct a study on the quality of life and human health impacts at John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2140&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A2140A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2140A)
3. **A2140B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2140B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **53–10** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GRIFFIN — primary (person)
- ANDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- RA — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** PRINT NUMBER 2140A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 2140B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED
- **2021-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.80
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.80
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S966B
- **2021-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1482
- **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.721 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.91

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/270593e3-effa-4e89-9c92-be3a76844943`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).