New York A 3180: Enacts the feathered lives also count act

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A03180 Summary:

BILL NOA03180A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09741-A

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Simon, Colton, Paulin, Seawright, Brown K, Simone, Steck, Bores, Stern, Lunsford, Rozic,
 Barrett, Stirpe, Burdick, Otis, Rosenthal, Rajkumar, Lupardo, McMahon, Epstein, Dinowitz, Sayegh,
 Raga, Hunter, Jacobson, Shrestha, Carroll R, Slater, Forrest, Woerner, Bichotte Hermelyn, Walker,
 Conrad, Gandolfo, Jensen, Mitaynes, Bronson, DeStefano, Ra, Lavine, Pheffer Amato, Tapia, Smith,
 Jones

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §148, Pub Bldg L

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Enacts the "bird safe buildings act" directing the commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain state-owned or state-leased buildings, and for other purposes; requires the commissioner to develop a design guide that includes features, methods and strategies, and best practices for reducing bird fatalities.

Go to top A03180 Actions:

BILL NOA03180A

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01/23/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

04/13/2026amend and recommit to governmental operations

04/13/2026print number 3180a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3180--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, LEVENBERG, SIMON, COLTON, PAULIN,
 SEAWRIGHT, K. BROWN, SIMONE, STECK, BORES, STERN, LUNSFORD, ROZIC,
 BARRETT, STIRPE, BURDICK, OTIS, ROSENTHAL, RAJKUMAR, LUPARDO, McMAHON,
 DINOWITZ, SAYEGH, RAGA, HUNTER, JACOBSON, SHRESTHA, R. CARROLL,
 SLATER, FORREST, WOERNER, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, WALKER, CONRAD, GANDOLFO,
 JENSEN, MITAYNES, BRONSON, DeSTEFANO, RA, LAVINE, PHEFFER AMATO,
 TAPIA, SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental
 Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to directing the
 commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strate-
 gies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain
 state-owned buildings, and for other purposes

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "bird safe buildings act".
 3 § 2. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section 148
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 148. Use of bird-safe features, practices, and strategies in state-
 6 owned buildings. 1. As used in this section:
 7 (a) "state agency" means any state department, office, board, bureau,
 8 commission, agency, or any public authority or public benefit corpo-
 9 ration at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor;
 10 (b) "state-owned building" means any building owned by a state agency
 11 used for official state business; and
 12 (c) "state-leased building" means any building or portion of any
 13 building leased by a state agency for office, departmental, or residen-
 14 tial occupancy.
 15 2. The commissioner of general services shall incorporate features,
 16 practices, and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from colli-
 17 sions with state-owned buildings and, where practicable, state-leased

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00085-03-6

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 1 buildings. Such features, practices and strategies shall be incorpo-
 2 rated for each building:
 3 (a) constructed;
 4 (b) acquired; or
 5 (c) of which more than fifty percent of the facade is substantially
 6 altered, as determined by the commissioner.
 7 3. The commissioner, in consultation with the department of environ-
 8 mental conservation, shall develop a design guide to carry out the
 9 provisions of subdivision two of this section that includes the follow-
 10 ing:
 11 (a) features for reducing bird fatality resulting from collisions with
 12 state-own