New York S 6826: Ensures public safety announcements are accessible to visually impaired individuals

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S06826 Summary:

BILL NOS06826 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05823

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §22, Exec L

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Requires that the state system for warning populations who are or may be endangered includes audible alerts for all announcements to ensure that information is accessible to visually impaired individuals.

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BILL NOS06826 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6826

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
 ty and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to ensuring public safety
 announcements are accessible to visually impaired individuals

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section
 2 22 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 56
 3 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (3) a system for warning populations who are or may be endangered,
 5 such system shall include audible alerts for all announcements to ensure
 6 that information is accessible to visually impaired individuals;
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 8 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09840-01-5

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