Bill Text: NY S07731 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 7731

Bill Title: Requires that release mechanism standards be developed by the state fire prevention and building code council based on internationally recognized standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-04 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9888C [S07731 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07731-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7731--A
            Cal. No. 1019

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    November 1, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Housing, Construction and Community Development in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said
          committee,  ordered  to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third
          reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
          order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to swimming pool enclo-
          sures

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 378 of the execu-
     2  tive law, as separately amended by chapters 75 and 234 of  the  laws  of
     3  2007, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a. gates required to be provided in a swimming pool enclosure shall be
     5  self-closing and self-latching [with the latch handle located within the
     6  enclosure  and at least forty inches above grade], and shall be securely
     7  locked with a key, combination or other child proof lock  sufficient  to
     8  prevent  access  to such swimming pool through such gate when such swim-
     9  ming pool is not in use or supervised. Release mechanism standards shall
    10  be developed by the state fire  prevention  and  building  code  council
    11  based on internationally recognized standards;
    12    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect December 31, 2025. Effective imme-
    13  diately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of  any  rule  or  regu-
    14  lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
    15  date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
    16  date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13322-08-4