---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting certain uses of trichloroethylene"
description: "Relates to prohibiting certain uses of trichloroethylene; provides that no person shall use 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 953"
citation: "New York A 953 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ENGLEBRIGHT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea9eacb-b401-4b71-80ae-bec66c46d4d1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A953"
source_hash: "ea0cdcf8c0918152296629d142df115174fe22718a1a98624015bcdee11274f4"
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 953 (2021-2022) — Relates to prohibiting certain uses of trichloroethylene

Relates to prohibiting certain uses of trichloroethylene; provides that no person shall use 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **A953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A953&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **54–9** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **125–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ENGLEBRIGHT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED
- **2021-01-12** RULES REPORT CAL.1
- **2021-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.1
- **2021-01-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S902
- **2021-01-25** 3RD READING CAL.55
- **2021-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.1 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ea9eacb-b401-4b71-80ae-bec66c46d4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).