---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limits the exceptions to certain effluent limitations in Nassau and Suffolk counties"
description: "Limits the exceptions to certain effluent limitations in Nassau and Suffolk counties; requires certain eligible projects for state aid involving water pollution control revolving fund agreements to take county-wide or regional wastewater planning into consideration when determining eligibility; requires best available technology to be used to reduce nitrogen pollution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7723"
citation: "New York S 7723 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-01-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11ac3797-773e-4287-b93e-452917c26a8b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7723"
source_hash: "e66644f477386c0a310b3664c0ad8db46c7eaaab4337a24387d9656110fbdc10"
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 7723 (2021-2022) — Limits the exceptions to certain effluent limitations in Nassau and Suffolk counties

Limits the exceptions to certain effluent limitations in Nassau and Suffolk counties; requires certain eligible projects for state aid involving water pollution control revolving fund agreements to take county-wide or regional wastewater planning into consideration when determining eligibility; requires best available technology to be used to reduce nitrogen pollution.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7723&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.51
- **2022-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8719
- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.15
- **2022-01-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-24** SIGNED CHAP.8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11ac3797-773e-4287-b93e-452917c26a8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).