New York S 8239: Relates to procedures for issuing safety and health rules

Status: REFERRED TO LABOR (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 8239

Sponsors: Jessica Ramos

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S08239 Summary:

BILL NOS08239 

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Removes certain provisions regarding public hearing and notice requirements prior to issuing safety and health rules, and notice requirements after issuing safety and health rules.

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05/27/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1784

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1725

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8239

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 27, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- (at request of the Department of Labor) --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to procedures for issuing
 safety and health rules

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

 1 Section 1. Section 29 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 756 of
 2 the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 29. Procedure for issuing safety and health rules. [Before any rule
 4 is adopted, amended or repealed there shall be a public hearing thereon,
 5 notice of which shall be published at least once, not less than ten days
 6 prior thereto, in such newspaper or newspapers as the commissioner may
 7 prescribe.] The commissioner may appoint committees composed of employ-
 8 ers, employees and experts to suggest safety and health rules or changes
 9 therein. [Every rule adopted and every amendment or repeal thereof shall
 10 be promptly published in such newspaper or newspapers as the commission-
 11 er may prescribe. The rules and all amendments and repeals thereof
 12 shall, unless otherwise prescribed by the commissioner, take effect
 13 twenty days after the first publication thereof and certified copies
 14 thereof shall be filed in the office of the department of state.]
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09968-01-5

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