New York S 4852: Enacts the "access to public services for non-English speakers act"

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S04852 Summary:

BILL NOS04852 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRJACKSON, SEPULVEDA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §377, Exec L; amd §§11-101 & 11-103, Energy L

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Directs the state fire prevention and building code council to update the state fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code within 18 months of the publication of any updated or revised edition of the international and national codes relating thereto, so as to ensure that the state's codes reflect such revisions and updates.

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BILL NOS04852 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/03/20251ST REPORT CAL.433

03/04/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/19/2025PASSED SENATE

03/19/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/19/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.235

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/10/2026PASSED SENATE

02/10/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/10/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4852

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Housing, Construction and Community Development

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the energy law, in relation to
 requiring the updating of the state uniform fire prevention and build-
 ing code and the state energy conservation construction code on the
 basis of update of certain international codes

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 377 of the executive law is renum-
 2 bered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
 3 2. Each time a revised or updated edition of the International Build-
 4 ing Code, the International Fire Code, the International Residential
 5 Code, the International Plumbing Code, the International Mechanical
 6 Code, the International Fuel Gas Code, the International Existing Build-
 7 ing Code, the International Property Maintenance Code or the National
 8 Electrical Code is published, the council shall, eighteen months after
 9 publication of a revised or updated edition, cause the uniform fire
 10 prevention and building code to be updated to reflect changes in any
 11 such revised or updated edition. To the extent that the uniform fire
 12 prevention and building code has not been updated to reflect changes in
 13 any such revised or updated edition as of the effective date of this
 14 subdivision, the council shall, as soon as practicable and no later than
 15 eighteen months after the effective date of this subdivision, cause the
 16 uniform fire prevention and building code to be updated to reflect such
 17 changes.
 18 § 2. Section 11-101 of the energy law, as amended by chapter 516 of
 19 the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 20 § 11-101. Purpose. In furtherance of the [policy] policies set forth
 21 in subdivision two of section 3-101 of this chapter and in chapter one
 22 hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen enacting the New York

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08898-01-5

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 1 state climate leadership and community protection act, the legislature
 2 hereby directs that a state energy conservation construction code be
 3 adopted to protect the health, safety and security of the people of the
 4 state and to assure a continuing supply of energy for future generations
 5 and that such code mandate that [economically] reasonable energy conser-
 6 vation techniques be used in the design and construction of all public
 7 and private buildings in the state.
 8 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 11-103 of the energ