---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminates the installation or covering of mercury-containing flooring in elementary and secondary schools"
description: "Eliminates the installation or covering of mercury-containing flooring in elementary and secondary schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6145"
citation: "New York S 6145 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-17"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/219e69ec-126d-4d23-8c38-8c5fb42abd76"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6145"
source_hash: "e30679f0c11450ba2e55a9916871d263400a26cc53d46d62e158b98d420510eb"
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 6145 (2019-2020) — Eliminates the installation or covering of mercury-containing flooring in elementary and secondary schools

Eliminates the installation or covering of mercury-containing flooring in elementary and secondary schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6145&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-17** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.1028
- **2019-06-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7986
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.468
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.565 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/219e69ec-126d-4d23-8c38-8c5fb42abd76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).