Senate Bill S9227

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires landlords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation

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Current Bill Status Via A9329 - Delivered to 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-S9227 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9329
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-j, RP L

2023-S9227 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires landlords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation within twenty-four hours of having knowledge of such infestation.

2023-S9227 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9227 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9227
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 7, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the real property law, in relation to requiring land-
   lords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
 235-j to read as follows:
   § 235-J. DUTY TO INFORM OF BED BUG INFESTATION. UPON HAVING  KNOWLEDGE
 OF  A BED BUG INFESTATION, THE LANDLORD OR LESSOR OF A RESIDENTIAL PREM-
 ISES SHALL PROVIDE ALL TENANTS AND  LESSEES  ON  SUCH  PREMISES  WRITTEN
 NOTICE OF SUCH INFESTATION. SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE
 TENANTS  AND  LESSEES WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE LANDLORD OR LESSOR
 HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THE BED BUG INFESTATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13970-01-4

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