New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

S8585 — Enacts the climate accountability and loss recovery act

Last action — In Senate Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced November 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

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In plain language

The bill allows the attorney general to sue businesses for costs related to climate disasters.

This legislation enables the attorney general to take civil action against certain businesses to recover costs associated with climate disasters. It aims to hold these entities accountable for financial impacts stemming from such events.

Summary

Enacts the "climate accountability and loss recovery act"; provides that the attorney general may bring a civil action against a covered entity for recovery of certain costs and assessments arising from a climate disaster.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. PRINT NUMBER 8585A

  2. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

  3. REFERRED TO INSURANCE

  4. REFERRED TO RULES

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S8585 do?
Enacts the "climate accountability and loss recovery act"; provides that the attorney general may bring a civil action against a covered entity for recovery of certain costs and assessments arising from a climate disaster.
Who sponsors S8585?
S8585 is sponsored by Brian Kavanagh.
What is the current status of S8585?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced November 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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