Assembly Bill A625

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Exempts hot tubs or spas with safety covers from certain standards of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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-A625 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1347
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L (as proposed in S.7858 & A.8646)

2023-A625 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts hot tubs or spas with safety covers from certain standards of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code.

2023-A625 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    625
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to exempting hot tubs or
   spas from certain  standards  of  the  New  York  state  uniform  fire
   prevention and building code

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the  execu-
 tive law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the exec-
 utive law relating to exempting hot tubs or spas with safety covers from
 certain  provisions  of law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 7858 and A. 8646, is amended to read as follows:
   c. hot tub or spa with a safety cover  which  complies  with  American
 Society  of Testing and Materials International standard F1346 (2003) or
 any similar standard which may be approved by the council [or] SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT  FROM  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND ANY swimming pool,
 other than a hot tub or spa, with an automatic power safety cover  which
 complies  with  American  Society of Testing and Materials International
 standard F1346 (2003) or any similar standard which may be  approved  by
 the  council  shall be exempt from the provisions of PARAGRAPH B OF this
 subdivision.
   § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 14 of section  378  of  the  executive
 law,  as  added  by chapter 234 of the laws of 2007, is relettered para-
 graph d.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter  of  the  laws of 2022 amending the executive law
 relating to exempting hot tubs or spas with safety covers  from  certain
 provisions  of law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7858 and
 A. 8646, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03983-01-3

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