Assembly Bill A5797

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the installation of automatic sprinkler systems and emergency fire escapes in certain multi-family dwellings

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Current 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

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2025-A5797 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9434
2023-2024: A6448

2025-A5797 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation of automatic sprinkler systems and emergency fire escapes in multi-family dwellings over two stories.

2025-A5797 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5797
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the instal-
   lation of automatic sprinkler systems and emergency  fire  escapes  in
   certain multi-family 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  two
 new subdivisions 5-e and 5-f to read as follows:
   5-E. STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS REQUIR-
 ING THAT THE OWNER OF EVERY MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING WITH A HEIGHT OVER TWO
 STORIES,  REGARDLESS  OF  AGE  OR  HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE DWELLING,
 SHALL HAVE INSTALLED IN SUCH  DWELLING  AN  AUTOMATIC  FIRE  SUPPRESSION
 SYSTEM ON EACH FLOOR LEVEL OF SUCH DWELLING IN WHICH PEOPLE RESIDE.
   5-F.  STANDARDS  FOR  INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY FIRE ESCAPES REQUIRING
 THAT THE OWNER OF EVERY MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING WITH  A  HEIGHT  OVER  TWO
 STORIES,  REGARDLESS OF THE AGE OR HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE DWELLING,
 SHALL HAVE INSTALLED IN SUCH DWELLING AN EMERGENCY FIRE ESCAPE  ON  EACH
 FLOOR  LEVEL OF SUCH DWELLING, EXCLUDING THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL.  FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM  "EMERGENCY  FIRE  ESCAPE"  MAY
 INCLUDE  AN  EXTERIOR STAIRWAY, A STANDARD FIRE ESCAPE, A ROLL OUT EMER-
 GENCY LADDER, OR ANY OTHER APPARATUS THE COUNCIL DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04403-01-5

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