Assembly Bill A5834

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires a maximum water temperature of 120 degrees in any dwelling unit in a one-family, two-family, or multi-family, tenant occupied dwelling

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  • 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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2011-A5834 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2166
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L; add §75-a, Mult Dwell L; add §16, Mult Res L; add §137, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A430, S2751
2013-2014: A61
2015-2016: A5859

2011-A5834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a maximum water temperature of 120 degrees in any dwelling unit in a one-family, two-family, or multi-family, tenant occupied dwelling.

2011-A5834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5834

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  KAVANAGH,  BENEDETTO,  DESTITO,  GOTTFRIED,
  JEFFRIES, PHEFFER,  STEVENSON  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  BOYLAND,   BROOK-KRASNY,   CAHILL,  CALHOUN,  CAMARA,  COLTON,  FINCH,
  GUNTHER, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, McKEVITT, NOLAN,  SCHIMEL,  WEISENBERG  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, the multiple dwelling law and the
  multiple residence law, in relation to preventing  scalding  burns  by
  requiring  safe  temperatures  for tap water in multiple dwellings and
  one-family and two-family tenant occupied dwelling units; and to amend
  the general municipal law, in relation to minimum water temperatures

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "household
scalding safety act".
  S 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and
declares it necessary  to  prevent  scalding  burns  by  requiring  safe
temperatures  for  tap water in multiple-family dwellings and one-family
and two-family dwelling units occupied by one or more tenants.
  Studies have shown that water at 160 degrees  Fahrenheit  causes  full
thickness  or  "third-degree"  burns  within  one  second;  water at 140
degrees causes such burns in six seconds; water at  130  degrees  causes
such  burns in thirty seconds. Shockingly, tap water temperatures hotter
than 160 degrees Fahrenheit have been found in homes within the state of
New York.
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that  nationwide
approximately  3,800 injuries and 34 deaths result each year from scald-
ing by excessively hot tap water in the  home.    Children  and  elderly
persons  are  particularly  susceptible to such burns given the delicacy
and sensitivity of their skin.
  Accordingly, the legislature  finds  it  necessary  to  prevent  burns
caused   by   excessively   hot   tap  water  by  mandating  temperature

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04204-01-1

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