---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing a list of emerging contaminants"
description: "Relates to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 180 days and to update the list every three years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7690"
citation: "New York S 7690 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc3712ee-466a-46bf-ac9e-4878e5282840"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7690"
source_hash: "a2e76017c7518f0a1a1d9990a43ac3dab4c169d4d16907430a8913ad37391dd7"
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 7690 (2021-2022) — Relates to establishing a list of emerging contaminants

Relates to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 180 days and to update the list every three years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7690&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–5** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **53–10** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — 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.18
- **2022-01-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-12** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8832
- **2022-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.350
- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.69 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc3712ee-466a-46bf-ac9e-4878e5282840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).