NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6222

Senate Bill S6222

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring lodging facilities to set air conditioner default settings to certain temperatures

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection 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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to consumer protection
Jun 10, 2023	committed to rules
May 18, 2023	advanced to third reading
May 17, 2023	2nd report cal.
May 16, 2023	1st report cal.1004
Apr 04, 2023	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- May 16, 2023 - Consumer Protection Committee Vote
  S6222
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Consumer Protection Committee Vote: May 16, 2023
      
      aye (5)
      
      Brouk
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Myrie
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Weber

2023-S6222 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4095
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §206-g, Gen Bus L

2023-S6222 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring lodging facilities to set air conditioner default settings to certain temperatures; requires such facilities to not set the default temperature settings lower than 75 degrees Fahrenheit between the months of May through October and higher than 64 degrees Fahrenheit between the months of November through April.

2023-S6222 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6222

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring lodg-
ing facilities to set air conditioner default settings to certain
temperatures

 
PURPOSE:

To establish default temperature air conditioner temperature settings in
lodging facilities.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the general business law by adding a new section 206-g
to establish air conditioner default settings in lodging facilities at
no lower than seventy-five degrees Farenheit between the months of May
through October and no higher than sixty-four degrees Farenheit between
the months of November through April.

Section 2 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the US Energy Information Administration's Commercial
Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, hotels and motels in the US use an
average of 14 kilowatt-hours of electricity and 49 cubic feet of natural
gas per square foot annually. According to the Bureau of Energy Effi-
ciency under the Government of India, Ministry of Power, every one
degree increase in temperature setting saves 6% of electricity consumed.

The World Health Organization recommends a minimum room temperature of
64 degrees Fahrenheit during cold seasons and 75 degrees during warm
seasons to protect the health of the general population. In order to
conserve energy on heating and cooling, all lodging facilities in New
York State should set their temperature defaults to 75 degrees from May
through October, and 64 degrees from November through April.  Though
guests will be at liberty to change the temperature according to their
preference, a default setting supports energy saving behavior.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

None

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2023-S6222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6222
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring lodg-
   ing facilities to set air  conditioner  default  settings  to  certain
   temperatures

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 206-g to read as follows:
   § 206-G. AIR CONDITIONER DEFAULT SETTINGS. 1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  "LODGING  FACILITY"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY INN, HOTEL, MOTEL, MOTOR
 COURT OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT THAT PROVIDES LODGING TO TRANSIENT  GUESTS.
 SUCH  TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE AN ESTABLISHMENT TREATED AS A DWELLING UNIT
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR REGULATION  OR  AN  ESTAB-
 LISHMENT  LOCATED WITHIN A BUILDING THAT HAS FIVE OR LESS ROOMS FOR RENT
 OR HIRE AND THAT IS ACTUALLY OCCUPIED AS A RESIDENCE BY  THE  PROPRIETOR
 OF SUCH ESTABLISHMENT.
   2.  A  KEEPER  OF A LODGING FACILITY SHALL NOT SET THE DEFAULT TEMPER-
 ATURE SETTING ON ANY AIR CONDITIONER LOCATED IN ANY ROOM OR COMMON  AREA
 (A) LOWER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF MAY
 THROUGH  OCTOBER  AND  (B)  HIGHER  THAN  SIXTY-FOUR  DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
 BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER THROUGH APRIL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02094-01-3

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