NY State Senate Bill 2025-S749

Senate Bill S749

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the installation of smoke detectors in residential buildings with common spaces shared between three or more dwelling units

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Current Bill Status Via A519 - Passed Senate

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 28, 2025	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.24 substituted for s749
Jan 28, 2025	substituted by a519
Jan 13, 2025	ordered to third reading cal.24
Jan 08, 2025	referred to rules

Votes

- Jan 28, 2025 - Floor Vote
  A519
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jan 28, 2025
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Baskin
      
      Borrello
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Bynoe
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chan
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fahy
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Gallivan
      
      Webb
  Jan 13, 2025 - Rules Committee Vote
  S749
  
  21
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 13, 2025
      
      aye (21)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins

2025-S749 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A519
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §378, Exec L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.3249-B & A.5730-B)

2025-S749 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation of smoke detectors in residential buildings with common spaces shared between three or more dwelling units and that such smoke detectors can be heard in such common spaces.

2025-S749 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S749

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring that resi-
dential buildings with common spaces shared between three or more dwell-
ing units have installed a smoke detector which can be clearly heard in
such common spaces, and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending
the executive law relating to requiring the installation of smoke detec-
tors in common places of certain dwellings, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 3249-B and A.  5730-B, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof

 
PURPOSE:

This is a chapter amendment to L.2024, c.465, to clarify the standards
for smoke detectors and move the effective date to align with the Code
Council's update schedule.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This legislation amends the underlying chapter by including public hous-
ing among the kind housing that must comply with the smoke detector
installment and operation standards, clarifies the standards for smoke
detectors must be in accordance with national standards and moves the
effective date from immediately to December 31, 2025.

 
EXISTING LAW:

None.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Chapter amendment to Chapter 465 of the Laws of 2024. S.3249-B and A.
5730-B both passed the Senate and Assembly, respectfully, in May and
June 2024.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relating to
requiring the installation of smoke detectors in common places of
certain dwellings, as proposed in legislative bills numbers 5.3249-B and
A.5730-B, takes effect.

2025-S749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    749
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring  that  resi-
   dential  buildings  with  common  spaces  shared between three or more
   dwelling units have installed a smoke detector which  can  be  clearly
   heard  in  such  common  spaces, and to amend a chapter of the laws of
   2024 amending the executive law relating to requiring the installation
   of smoke detectors in common places of certain dwellings, as  proposed
   in  legislative bills numbers S. 3249-B and A.  5730-B, in relation to
   the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The subdivision heading and paragraph c of subdivision 5-b
 of section 378 of the executive law, as amended by a chapter of the laws
 of 2024 amending the executive law relating to requiring  the  installa-
 tion  of  smoke  detectors  in  common  places  of certain dwellings, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  3249-B  and  A.  5730-B,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   Standards  for  installation of [single station] smoke detecting alarm
 devices requiring that:
   c. every [multiple-family dwelling, except for  a  property  owned  or
 operated  by  a  public  housing authority subject to federal safety and
 inspection standards pursuant to title twenty-four of the code of feder-
 al regulations, and every dwelling accommodation located in  a  building
 owned as a condominium or cooperative in the state used as a residence,]
 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH A COMMON SPACE OR COMMON SPACES SHARED BETWEEN
 THREE  OR  MORE  DWELLING UNITS shall have installed an operable [single
 station] smoke detecting alarm device [or], devices  [in  an  area  so],
 SYSTEM  OR SYSTEMS SUCH that [it] AN ALARM NOTIFICATION is clearly audi-
 ble in each common space, with rules to be promulgated by the council IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02706-01-5
 S. 749                              2
 
 ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS.  [For purposes of  this
 subdivision, common space means a space] THE COUNCIL SHALL DEFINE COMMON
 SPACES  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THE STANDARDS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS
 PARAGRAPH, PROVIDED THAT SUCH DEFINITION SHALL INCLUDE ANY SPACES acces-
 sible  by  all  residents,  including,  but  not  limited  to, [a lobby]
 LOBBIES, [a hallway] HALLWAYS, and [a stairwell] STAIRWELLS,
   § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive
 law relating to requiring the installation of smoke detectors in  common
 places of certain dwellings, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 3249-B and A. 5730-B, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect [immediately] DECEMBER 31, 2025.
 EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE ADDITION, AMENDMENT AND/OR REPEAL OF ANY RULE
 OR REGULATION NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT ON ITS EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE MADE AND  COMPLETED  ON  OR  BEFORE  SUCH
 EFFECTIVE DATE.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
 same  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law
 relating to requiring the installation  of  smoke  detectors  in  common
 places of certain dwellings, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 3249-B and A. 5730-B, takes effect.

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