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A07911 Summary:

BILL NOA07911 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08570

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SPONSOREpstein

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 9-E §344, RP L

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Relates to enacting the central air conditioner and heat pump rights act; provides that a homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of a central air conditioner or heat pump.

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BILL NOA07911 

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04/11/2025referred to housing

05/19/2025reported referred to codes

05/28/2025reported referred to rules

12/08/2025enacting clause stricken

Go to topA07911 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HOUSING Chair:Rosenthal 
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:22/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RosenthalAyeNovakhovAye

CookAyeFitzpatrickAye

KimAbsentBrown K Aye

WalkerAyeBrown EANay

CruzAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

DavilaAyeChangNay

EpsteinAyeMaherNay

EichensteinAyeNorberNay

AndersonAye

BurdickAye

RiveraAye

JacksonAye

KellesAye

TapiaAye

LucasAbsent

Chandler-WatermAye

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

DaisAye

TorresAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:15/6 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyNay

SimonAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAbsent

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Go to topA07911 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07911 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7911

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to enacting the
 central air conditioner and heat pump rights act

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

 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new article
 2 9-E to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 9-E
 4 CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONER AND HEAT PUMP RIGHTS ACT
 5 Section 344. Certain covenants, conditions, and restrictions of homeown-
 6 ers' associations prohibited.
 7 § 344. Certain covenants, conditions, and restrictions of homeowners'
 8 associations prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section:
 9 (a) "restriction on use" shall mean any covenant, restriction, or
 10 condition contained in:
 11 (i) a deed;
 12 (ii) a contract;
 13 (iii) the by-laws of a homeowners' association;
 14 (iv) any rules or regulations adopted by a homeowners' association;
 15 (v) a security agreement; or
 16 (vi) any other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of, or any
 17 interest in, real property.
 18 (b) "central air conditioner" shall mean a type of heating, venti-
 19 lation and air conditioning system that is designed to cool an entire
 20 home or building, cools air in a central location and distributes it
 21 through a network of ducts and vents.
 22 (c) "heat pump" shall mean a device that transfers heat from one place
 23 to another, using electricity, and can provide both heating and cooling.
 24 2. A homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce any rules or
 25 regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11375-01-5

 A. 7911 2

 1 limitations on, the installation or use of a central air conditioner or
 2 heat pump. A restriction on use which effectively prohibits the instal-
 3 lation or use of a central air conditioner or heat pump is unenforceable
 4 and shall be void as contrary to public policy. For the purposes of this
 5 subdivision, an unreasonable limitation includes, but is not limited to,
 6 any restriction on use that:
 7 (a) inhibits the central air conditioner or heat pump from functioning
 8 at its intended maximum efficiency; or
 9 (b) increases the central air conditioner or heat pump's installation
 10 or maintenance costs by an amount which is estimated to be greater than
 11 ten percent of the total cost of the init