Senate Bill S6573

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to study and adopt uniform fire prevention and building code standards to promote fire safety and accessibility in certain buildings

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S6573 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7322
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L

2023-S6573 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state fire prevention and building code council to study and adopt uniform fire prevention and building code standards to promote fire safety and accessibility in single-exit, single stairway multi-unit residential buildings above 3 stories and up to at least 6 stories, based on a study of building codes existing in the city of New York and in other cities and jurisdictions that have adopted such buildings into their building codes.

2023-S6573 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6573 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6573
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the state
   fire prevention and building code council to study and  adopt  uniform
   fire prevention and building code standards to promote fire safety and
   accessibility in certain single-exit, single stairway multi-unit resi-
   dential buildings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 19 of section 378  of  the  executive  law,  as
 renumbered  by chapter 47 of the laws of 2022, is renumbered subdivision
 20 and a new subdivision 19 is added to read as follows:
   19. STANDARD REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE-EXIT, SINGLE STAIRWAY  MULTI-UNIT
 RESIDENTIAL  BUILDINGS  ABOVE THREE STORIES, UP TO AT LEAST SIX STORIES,
 PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING:
   A. THE COUNCIL SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY EXAMINING EXISTING BUILDING CODES
 FOR SINGLE-EXIT, SINGLE STAIRWAY MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS  ABOVE
 THREE  STORIES,  UP TO AT LEAST SIX STORIES, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND
 IN OTHER CITIES AND JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE ADOPTED SUCH BUILDINGS  INTO
 THEIR BUILDING CODES.
   B. THE COUNCIL SHALL CONSIDER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXISTING BUILD-
 ING  CODES EXAMINED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND ANY
 IMPROVEMENTS TO SUCH CODES THAT WOULD PROMOTE FIRE SAFETY  AND  ACCESSI-
 BILITY.
   C.  THE  COUNCIL  SHALL  COMPLETE  THE  STUDY,  AND ADOPT THE STANDARD
 REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR  AFTER
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10895-02-3

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