---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to reduction of air pollution from petroleum bulk storage facilities"
description: "Expands the options for shell color and roof color of petroleum bulk storage tanks to either white or beige/cream or which limits volatile emissions to the same or to a greater extent as a shell color and roof color of white or beige/cream as determined by the department of environmental conservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 1704"
citation: "New York S 1704 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-11-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3304a5c0-840a-4507-9089-5b9480eddf2f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1704"
source_hash: "ea6b8215fdb5047bf8c6275a9988e886e150264d39cb7c53adcba05a76da305e"
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 1704 (2025-2026) — Relates to reduction of air pollution from petroleum bulk storage facilities

Expands the options for shell color and roof color of petroleum bulk storage tanks to either white or beige/cream or which limits volatile emissions to the same or to a greater extent as a shell color and roof color of white or beige/cream as determined by the department of environmental conservation.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1704** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1704&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Environmental Conservation Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.120
- **2025-01-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-01-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-03-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-03-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-03-10** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6466
- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.394
- **2025-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-12** SIGNED CHAP.499 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3304a5c0-840a-4507-9089-5b9480eddf2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).