Assembly Bill A1936

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires SUNY and CUNY authorities to install and retrofit buildings with sprinkler systems

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

multi-Sponsors

2021-A1936 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A578
2011-2012: A185
2013-2014: A1670
2015-2016: A1217
2017-2018: A1411
2019-2020: A66

2021-A1936 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY authorities to adopt rules to require the installing and retrofitting of dormitory buildings with sprinkler systems on or before March first, two thousand twenty-four.

2021-A1936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1936
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLE-
   BRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  SUNY  and
   CUNY  authorities  to  install  and  retrofit dormitory buildings with
   sprinkler systems

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The board of trustees of the state university of New York,
 the board of trustees of the city university of New York and the council
 of governing boards for the  independent  colleges  of  New  York  shall
 conduct a study concerning the safety of New York state college students
 in  dormitories, fraternities, sororities, laboratories, physical educa-
 tion facilities, dining facilities, educational  facilities  and  recre-
 ational  facilities. This study shall include information including, but
 not limited to, the number and percentage of buildings without  adequate
 fire  extinguishment  equipment including, but not limited to, sprinkler
 systems, fire extinguishers, fire hoses and smoke alarms.  Additionally,
 an analysis of the cost of retrofitting existing facilities with  sprin-
 kler  systems  must  be provided along with a plan and time schedule for
 the completion of such retrofitting. A report containing the information
 required by this section shall be submitted  to  the  governor  and  the
 legislature not later than December 1, 2023.
   §  2.  Section  355  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. PLAN FOR PROVIDING FIRE SAFETY. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT RULES REQUIRING THAT EACH INSTITUTION
 OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 FOUR, ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO CAUSE ALL BUILDINGS UNDER THE JURIS-
 DICTION  OF SUCH INSTITUTION CONTAINING DORMITORY FACILITIES FOR STUDENT
 USE TO BE CONSTRUCTED  OR  RETROFITTED  WITH  A  SYSTEM  OF  PIPING  AND
 APPURTENANCES,  DESIGNED  AND  INSTALLED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH GENERALLY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.