Assembly passes gas hookup cost-shift bill, with packaging reduction on deck

And new rules for state agencies on using artificial intelligence has now passed both chambers.

Good afternoon — it’s Monday and Fudge Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• The Assembly gave final passage to several bills on its second to last day of session, including a measure to make new gas hookups costlier.

• The packaging reduction bill is on deck for a floor vote, making Tuesday the last day it could be considered by the Assembly.

• The U.S. Supreme Court is kicking a case over religious rights back to the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court.

• This Week in New York History: the Statue of Liberty and Henry Hudson

Names in today’s CapCon: Tish James, Donald Trump, Harry Bronson, Michael Fitzpatrick, Emily Gallagher, Steve Otis

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🗣️ Assembly passes cost shift for gas hookups, gender affirming care shield bill

It’s the second to last day of the legislative session for the Assembly and lawmakers hit the ground running with a few controversial bills already passed by the Senate.

I’ll get to those in a second. But first, I have an update for you on some of the most controversial items that could be taken up before the Assembly wraps up Tuesday.

I’m not tracking bills that could pass the Assembly but didn’t pass the Senate because those have no shot of becoming law this year unless lawmakers return to the Capitol before January. We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, which would force companies to reduce their packaging and ban a list of chemicals that can be used in its production, was passed out of both the Ways and Means Committee and Rules Committee Monday.

That’s the last hurdle the bill had to clear before it could head to the floor, though that vote is not expected Monday. It will either happen Tuesday or not at all.

Being moved out of the Rules Committee doesn’t guarantee the bill will make it to the floor. When it was up for consideration last year, the bill advanced to this very same point in the Assembly before lawmakers prioritized other legislation and ran out of time.

The FAIR Business Practices Act, the bill that would expand the attorney general’s power to sue businesses over unfair or abusive practices, is in the same position.