Senate Bill S215

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides access to clean water for public employees

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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-S215 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Buildings Law
Laws Affected:
Add §148, Pub Bldg L

2025-S215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of general services to ensure clean, safe drinking water is available in easily accessible locations for all public employees in state office buildings.

2025-S215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    215
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public  buildings  law,  in  relation  to  providing
   access to clean water for public employees

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
 148 to read as follows:
   § 148. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE CLEAN WATER ACCESS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
 "COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING" MEANS A PUBLIC BUILDING OWNED BY THE STATE  OF
 NEW  YORK,  UNDER  THE  SUPERVISION  AND  CONTROL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
 GENERAL SERVICES, THAT IS DETERMINED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER TO BE A  STATE
 OFFICE BUILDING.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  GENERAL  SERVICES  SHALL ENSURE CLEAN, SAFE
 DRINKING WATER IS AVAILABLE  IN  EASILY  ACCESSIBLE  LOCATIONS  FOR  ALL
 PUBLIC  EMPLOYEES IN COVERED PUBLIC BUILDINGS. SUCH DRINKING WATER SHALL
 BE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE USE OF WATER JUG DISPENSERS OR  FILTERED  WATER
 BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE SUCH DRINKING WATER
 AVAILABLE  IN  THE  MANNER  BEST  SUITED TO REDUCE THE USE OF SINGLE-USE
 PLASTICS, AS DETERMINED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01046-01-5

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