---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the New York state climate leadership and community protection act"
description: "Enacts the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; relates to climate change; renewable energy program; labor and job standards and worker protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6599"
citation: "New York S 6599 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-18"
last_action: "2019-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79079408-4b42-45e1-8423-b8c564856a8a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6599"
source_hash: "947ada7e5cfc3e1bc7e8244a9a563a988ce7e8431370c2302008b541211851ca"
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 6599 (2019-2020) — Relates to the New York state climate leadership and community protection act

Enacts the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; relates to climate change; renewable energy program; labor and job standards and worker protection.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6599&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **111–35** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **41–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1622
- **2019-06-18** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8429
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.634
- **2019-06-19** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-18** SIGNED CHAP.106 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79079408-4b42-45e1-8423-b8c564856a8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).