New York A 3527: Provides for the regulation of all indoor and outdoor worksites

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A03527 Summary:

BILL NOA03527 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03412

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRZinerman, Otis, Shimsky, Lunsford, Raga, Steck, Gibbs, Burdick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Glick, Dilan,
 Hevesi, Reyes, Kelles, Septimo, Clark, Shrestha, Colton, Anderson, Rosenthal, Lucas, Forrest,
 McDonald, Cruz, Gallagher, Cook, Jensen, Moreno, Bores

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 20-D §§742 - 746, Lab L

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Provides for the regulation of indoor and outdoor worksites with temperature protection standards and education, training and reporting requirements to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employees.

Go to top A03527 Actions:

BILL NOA03527 

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01/28/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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

Go to topA03527 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3527

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, ZINERMAN, OTIS, SHIMSKY, LUNSFORD, RAGA,
 STECK, GIBBS, BURDICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GLICK, DILAN, HEVESI, REYES,
 KELLES, SEPTIMO, CLARK, SHRESTHA, COLTON, ANDERSON, ROSENTHAL, LUCAS,
 FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to regulating the temperature
 of all indoor and outdoor worksites

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "temper-
 2 ature extreme mitigation program (TEMP) act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 4 declares that New Yorkers, working both in outdoor and indoor sites, are
 5 exposed to extreme temperatures. This involves skyrocketing heat in the
 6 summer. Every year, New York city has high numbers of heat-related
 7 emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and deaths. According
 8 to the New York City Office of the Mayor, each year there are an esti-
 9 mated 450 heat-related ED visits, 150 heat-related hospital admissions,
 10 10 heat-stroke deaths, and 350 heat-exacerbated deaths, caused by heat
 11 worsening existing chronic conditions.
 12 The legislature hereby finds and declares that the government is obli-
 13 gated to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employ-
 14 ees.
 15 § 3. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 20-D to read as
 16 follows:
 17 ARTICLE 20-D
 18 TEMPERATURE REGULATION BY EMPLOYERS
 19 Section 742. Scope.
 20 743. Definitions.
 21 744. Heat protection standards.
 22 745. Education and training.
 23 746. Enforcement.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05471-02-5

 A. 3527 2

 1 § 742. Scope. 1. The following covered industries will be held to the
 2 standards in this article:
 3 (a) Agriculture;
 4 (b) Construction, unless the employer is party to a: (i) collective
 5 bargaining agreement or (ii) project labor agreement with a bona fide
 6 building and construction trades council;
 7 (c) Landscaping;
 8 (d) Car wash service;
 9 (e) Commercial shipping;
 10 (f) Food service, including food retail workers whose jobs require
 11 regular outdoor work, or exposure to outside temperatures in back and
 12 storage rooms where deliveries are received;
 13 (g) Warehousing;
 14 (h) Transport service, including but not limited to airport service
 15 work, ramp, cargo, tarmac maintenance workers, and commuter rail line
 16 service; and
 17 (i) Building service work.
 18 2. For the purposes of this article, outdoor worksites of the covered
 19 industries in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), and (h) of subdivision
 20 one of this section shall be subject to the provisions herein. For the
 21 purposes of this article, indoor worksites of the covered industries in
 22 paragraphs (e), (f), (g) and (i) of subdivision one of this section
 23 shall be subject to the provisions herein.
 24 § 743. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 25 terms shall have the following meanings:
 26 1. "Employee" means any person within a covered industry providing
 27 labor or services for remuneratio