---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to decommissioning nuclear power plant discharges into the Hudson River"
description: "Provides that it shall be unlawful to discharge any radiological substance into the Hudson River in connection with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant; provides for attorney general enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6893"
citation: "New York S 6893 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae36f35b-9c86-4ec2-b05d-261124f388d5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6893"
source_hash: "c3c20110e1733d594a2d1e652fe491ac6e142e5294c776a538c5a2db4c21ed92"
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 6893 (2023-2024) — Relates to decommissioning nuclear power plant discharges into the Hudson River

Provides that it shall be unlawful to discharge any radiological substance into the Hudson River in connection with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant; provides for attorney general enforcement.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6893** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6893&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **101–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Hinchey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.1153
- **2023-05-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7208
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.833
- **2023-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-08-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-18** SIGNED CHAP.279 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae36f35b-9c86-4ec2-b05d-261124f388d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).