# New York S 8047: Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County

New York S 8047, Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Dan Stec (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-10-27 (SIGNED CHAP.488) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 8047
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-05-15
- Last action: 2025-10-27, SIGNED CHAP.488
- Sponsor: Dan Stec (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (206 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New York must add protected forest land: mixed, low. New York must acquire at least 2,500 acres of true forest land within Adirondack Park for the forest preserve. This offsets forest preserve land used for the Mount Van Hoevenberg sports complex. The Legislature must approve the acquisition, including an exact boundary description and an accurate la…
- Olympic ski trails allowed with development limits: mixed, low. The law allows Nordic skiing and biathlon trails and necessary related facilities on up to 322.26 acres of forest preserve. This applies at Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in North Elba, Essex County. The complex covers 1,039.2 acres. Adjacent town-owned land under a state easement, inc…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dan Stec (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-13 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 137 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-10 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 58 | 0 |   |
| 2025-05-20 | committee | Environmental Conservation Committee Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-10-27: SIGNED CHAP.488 (Senate)
- 2025-10-24: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-13: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.648 (House)
- 2025-06-13: SUBSTITUTED FOR A3628 (House)
- 2025-06-10: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-06-10: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-10: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-04: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-05-29: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-05-28: 1ST REPORT CAL.1384 (Senate)
- 2025-05-15: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-05-15: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8047)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8047)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S8047-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).