New York S 3921: Requires sunscreen be made available at all state parks, recreational facilities, historic sites or programs and other appropriate locations

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S03921 Summary:

BILL NOS03921 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A05716

&nbsp

SPONSORPALUMBO

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §3.09, Pks & Rec L

&nbsp

Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to make sunscreen available at the entrance to all state parks, recreational facilities, historic sites or programs and other appropriate locations at the discretion of such commissioner; defines term as any topical sunscreen product approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use for the purpose of avoiding overexposure to the sun and not for medical treatment of any injury or illness.

Go to top S03921 Actions:

BILL NOS03921 

&nbsp

01/30/2025REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Go to topS03921 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS03921 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topS03921 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3921

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
 Parks and Recreation

 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
 relation to requiring sunscreen be made available at all state parks,
 recreational facilities, historic sites or programs and other appro-
 priate locations

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 21 of section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and
 2 historic preservation law, as added by chapter 338 of the laws of 2005,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 21. (a) Develop, in consultation with the commissioner of health,
 5 informational signs and brochures alerting patrons of the dangers of
 6 overexposure to the sun and its relationship to skin cancer. The infor-
 7 mation on such signs and in such brochures shall include methods by
 8 which an individual may help prevent exposure to the sun and lessen [his
 9 or her] such individual's risk of contracting skin cancer. Such signs
 10 and informational brochures shall be placed in appropriate locations at
 11 the discretion of the commissioner.
 12 (b) Make sunscreen available at the entrance to all state parks,
 13 recreational facilities, historic sites or programs and other appropri-
 14 ate locations at the discretion of the commissioner. For the purposes of
 15 this subdivision, the term "sunscreen" shall mean any topical sunscreen
 16 product approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for over-
 17 the-counter use for the purpose of avoiding overexposure to the sun and
 18 not for medical treatment of an injury or illness.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 20 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 21 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
 22 necessary for the implementation of the foregoing provisions of this act
 23 on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and
 24 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02293-01-5

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps