---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production"
description: "Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 1069"
citation: "New York S 1069 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["José M. Serrano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/608bb064-2a73-410c-b871-a1d9e2d4aa23"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1069"
source_hash: "9a201f2abc8cac590b87ddbcf2289cef4d684f2b496907508ef4bccdce8d25de"
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 1069 (2025-2026) — Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production

Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1069** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1069&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Environmental Conservation Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **91–48** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **50–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- José M. Serrano — primary (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.325
- **2025-02-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-04-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-04-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-04-22** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1179
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.85
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.671 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.52

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/608bb064-2a73-410c-b871-a1d9e2d4aa23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).