New York bills · 2025 Regular Session
New York A 1580
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Anna Kelles (Democratic/Working Families)
Cosponsors (48)
- Marcela Mitaynes (Democratic/Working Families)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (Democratic)
- Harvey Epstein
- Amy Paulin (Democratic)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (Democratic/Working Families)
- Robert C. Carroll (Democratic)
- Jo Anne Simon (Democratic)
- Karines Reyes (Democratic)
- Donna Lupardo (Democratic)
- Emily Gallagher (Democratic)
- Phil Steck (Democratic)
- Linda Rosenthal (Democratic)
- Sarah Clark (Democratic/Working Families)
- Rebecca Seawright (Democratic)
- Ron Kim (Democratic)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest (Democratic)
- Catalina Cruz (Democratic)
- Chantel Jackson (Democratic)
- Latrice Walker (Democratic)
- Stefani Zinerman (Democratic)
- Amanda Septimo (Democratic/Working Families)
- Maritza Davila (Democratic)
- Chris Burdick (Democratic/Independence/Working Families)
- Steve Stern (Democratic)
- Khaleel Anderson (Democratic/Working Families)
- William Conrad (Democratic/Independence/Working Families)
- Jonathan Jacobson (Democratic)
- Karen McMahon (Democratic)
- Jen Lunsford (Democratic/Working Families)
- Nader Sayegh (Democratic)
- Philip Ramos (Democratic)
- William Colton (Democratic)
- Charles Lavine (Democratic)
- Deborah Glick (Democratic)
- Andrew Hevesi (Democratic)
- Harry B. Bronson (Democratic)
- Patrick Burke (Democratic)
- Al Taylor (Democratic)
- Steven Otis (Democratic)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz (Democratic)
- Sarahana Shrestha (Democratic/Working Families)
- Monique Chandler-Waterman (Democratic)
- Christopher Eachus (Democratic)
- Brian Cunningham (Democratic)
- Steven Raga (Democratic)
- MaryJane Shimsky (Democratic/Working Families)
- Dana Levenberg (Democratic/Working Families)
- Diana Moreno (Democratic/Working Families)
Summary
Official abstract published by the New York legislature
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.
Text versions
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 7, 2026 · House
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES - Jan 10, 2025 · House
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