New York S 3819: Imposes certain penalties related to violations of building and fire code standards within fourteen days and increases certain fine amounts for violations of housing standards

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S03819 Summary:

BILL NOS03819B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08404-A

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §382, Exec L

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Requires that any penalties for violations of housing standards or building and fire codes be assessed and imposed within fourteen days; increases certain fine amounts for violations of housing standards.

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BILL NOS03819B

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

03/03/20251ST REPORT CAL.430

03/04/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/24/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3819A

06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

06/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

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

02/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.328

02/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/24/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/17/2026PASSED SENATE

03/17/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/17/2026referred to governmental operations

05/29/2026RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026returned to senate

05/29/2026VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

05/29/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 3819B

06/02/2026REPASSED SENATE

06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3819--B
 Cal. No. 328

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, FERNANDEZ, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development --
 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 -- 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, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled,
 vote reconsidered, restored to 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 imposing certain
 penalties related to violations of building and fire code standards
 within fourteen days and increasing certain fines for violations of
 housing standards

 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 382 of the executive law, as
 2 amended by chapter 571 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new subdi-
 3 vision 5 is added to read as follows:
 4 2. a. Any person, having been served, either personally or by regis-
 5 tered or certified mail, with an order to remedy any condition found to
 6 exist in, on, or about any building in violation of the uniform fire
 7 prevention and building code, who shall fail to comply with such order
 8 within the time fixed by the regulations promulgated by the secretary
 9 pursuant to subdivision one of section three hundred eighty-one of this
 10 article, such time period to be stated in the order, and any owner,
 11 builder, architect, tenant, contractor, subcontractor, construction
 12 superintendent or their agents or any other person taking part or
 13 assisting in the construction of any building who shall knowingly

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07999-04-6

 S. 3819--B 2

 1 violate any of the applicable provisions of the uniform code or any
 2 lawful order of a local government, a county or the secretary made ther-
 3 eunder regarding standards for construction, maintenance, or fire
 4 protection equipment and systems, shall be punishable by a fine of not
 5 [more than one thousand dollars per day of violation, or imprisonment
 6 not exceeding one year, or both for the first one hundred eighty days,
 7 and