Senate Bill S3249

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the installation of smoke detectors in common places of certain multiple dwellings

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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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2023-S3249 - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L; amd §68, Mult Dwell L; amd §15, Mult Res L; amd §§27-979 & 907.2.8.3, NYC Ad Cd

2023-S3249 - Summary

Requires the installation of smoke detectors in common places of certain multiple dwellings.

2023-S3249 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3249 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3249
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, MYRIE -- 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, the multiple dwelling law, the multi-
   ple residence law and the administrative code of the city of New York,
   in relation to requiring the installation of smoke detectors in common
   places of certain dwellings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5-e to read as follows:
   5-E. STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION  OF  SMOKE  DETECTORS  REQUIRING  THAT
 EVERY MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING, OR ANY DWELLING ACCOMMODATION LOCATED IN
 A BUILDING OWNED AS A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE, OR ANY MULTIPLE DWELL-
 INGS  SHALL  HAVE INSTALLED AN OPERABLE SMOKE DETECTOR, OF SUCH MANUFAC-
 TURE, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS AS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE  COUN-
 CIL,  IN  ALL  COMMON PLACES WITHIN SUCH DWELLING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 ANY OTHER LAW. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, MULTIPLE DWELLING MEANS
 A DWELLING WHICH IS EITHER RENTED, LEASED, LET OR HIRED OUT, TO BE OCCU-
 PIED, OR IS OCCUPIED AS THE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR HOME  OF
 THREE OR MORE FAMILIES LIVING INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT  LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: A TENEMENT, FLAT HOUSE, MAISONETTE APART-
 MENT, APARTMENT HOUSE, APARTMENT HOTEL, TOURIST HOUSE,  BACHELOR  APART-
 MENT,  STUDIO APARTMENT, DUPLEX APARTMENT, KITCHENETTE APARTMENT, HOTEL,
 LODGING HOUSE, ROOMING  HOUSE,  BOARDING  HOUSE,  BOARDING  AND  NURSERY
 SCHOOL,  FURNISHED  ROOM  HOUSE, CLUB, SORORITY HOUSE, FRATERNITY HOUSE,
 COLLEGE AND SCHOOL DORMITORY, CONVALESCENT, OLD AGE OR NURSING HOMES  OR
 RESIDENCES. IT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A DWELLING WITH FIVE OR MORE BOARDERS,
 ROOMERS OR LODGERS RESIDING WITH ANY ONE FAMILY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08131-01-3
 S. 3249                             2

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2023-S3249A - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L; amd §68, Mult Dwell L; amd §15, Mult Res L; amd §§27-979 & 907.2.8.3, NYC Ad Cd

2023-S3249A - Summary

Requires the installation of smoke detectors in common places of certain multiple dwellings.

2023-S3249A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3249A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3249--A
     Cal. No. 397
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, MYRIE, CHU, JACKSON, MATTERA, PERSAUD, WEBB
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Housing, Construction and  Community  Development  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee on Housing, Construction and Community
   Development in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  reported
   favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
   ordered to a third reading, passed by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the
   Assembly,  recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored  to third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the instal-
   lation of smoke detectors in common places of certain dwellings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5-b  of section 378 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 1988 and such subdivision as renum-
 bered by chapter 94 of the laws of 2006, paragraphs a and d as separate-
 ly amended by chapters 96 and 506 of the laws of 1988, and  paragraph  b
 as  amended  by  chapter  82  of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5-b. Standards for installation  of  single  station  smoke  detecting
 alarm devices requiring that:
   a.  every  one  or  two-family  dwelling or any dwelling accommodation
 located in a building owned as a condominium or cooperative in the state
 used as a residence shall have  installed  an  operable  single  station
 smoke detecting alarm device or devices,
   b.  such device or devices shall be installed in an area so that it is
 clearly audible  in  each  bedroom  or  other  room  used  for  sleeping
 purposes,  with intervening doors closed, in accordance with rules to be
 promulgated by the council,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08131-05-4

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2023-S3249B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L; amd §68, Mult Dwell L; amd §15, Mult Res L; amd §§27-979 & 907.2.8.3, NYC Ad Cd

2023-S3249B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation of smoke detectors in common places of certain multiple dwellings.

2023-S3249B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3249B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3249--B
     Cal. No. 397
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, MYRIE, CHU, JACKSON, MATTERA, PERSAUD, WEBB
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Housing, Construction and  Community  Development  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee on Housing, Construction and Community
   Development in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  reported
   favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
   ordered to a third reading, passed by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the
   Assembly,  recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored  to third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third  reading  --  again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its
   place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the multiple dwelling law, the multi-
   ple residence law and the administrative code of the city of New York,
   in relation to requiring the installation of smoke detectors in common
   places of certain dwellings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  5-b  of section 378 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 1988 and such subdivision as renum-
 bered by chapter 94 of the laws of 2006, paragraphs a and d as separate-
 ly amended by chapters 96 and 506 of the laws of 1988, and  paragraph  b
 as  amended  by  chapter  82  of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5-b. Standards for installation  of  single  station  smoke  detecting
 alarm devices requiring that:
   a.  every  one  or  two-family  dwelling or any dwelling accommodation
 located in a building owned as a condominium or cooperative in the state
 used as a residence shall have  installed  an  operable  single  station
 smoke detecting alarm device or devices,
   b.  such device or devices shall be installed in an area so that it is
 clearly audible  in  each  bedroom  or  other  room  used  for  sleeping

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

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