---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the department of environmental conservation providing education and increasing awareness of the health and environmental impacts of idling vehicles"
description: "Relates to the department of environmental conservation providing education and increasing awareness to the public of the health and environmental impacts of idling vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6962"
citation: "New York S 6962 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RYAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-05-20"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e42b517a-4eac-4b3a-ae53-a474dc3aa137"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6962"
source_hash: "051dc58dc90ba5c4c65a21b5ba37a5b3ffdbe37705b3df76eae52bdcdb5084e6"
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 6962 (2021-2022) — Relates to the department of environmental conservation providing education and increasing awareness of the health and environmental impacts of idling vehicles

Relates to the department of environmental conservation providing education and increasing awareness to the public of the health and environmental impacts of idling vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6962&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **125–19** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RYAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1670
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.1042
- **2022-05-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7722A
- **2022-05-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.128
- **2022-05-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.319 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e42b517a-4eac-4b3a-ae53-a474dc3aa137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).