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type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements"
description: "Exempts certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements for wells drilled deeper than five hundred feet below the earth's surface."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6949"
citation: "New York A 6949 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Glick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-09"
last_action: "2023-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c2c6149-6cff-4f3c-bc79-ae6a6ec2f795"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6949"
source_hash: "23fa350e8209f1be05429ea4fc1cc0d80beed16a3de47dcf7f33720fea4715f4"
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 A 6949 (2023-2024) — Exempts certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements
Exempts certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements for wells drilled deeper than five hundred feet below the earth's surface.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A6949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6949&term=2023&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Deborah Glick — primary (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** REPORTED
- **2023-05-17** RULES REPORT CAL.177
- **2023-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.177
- **2023-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-17** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6604
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1149
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-21** SIGNED CHAP.483 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-21** APPROVAL MEMO.9
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c2c6149-6cff-4f3c-bc79-ae6a6ec2f795`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).