New York A 9633: Repeals the scaffolding law

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A09633 Summary:

BILL NOA09633 

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Rpld §240 sub 1, §241, amd §30, Lab L; amd §372-a, Ed L; amd §2304, Ins L; amd §636, Pub Hous L; amd §§25 &
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Repeals the scaffolding law imposing liability for injuries resulting from work done over a certain height.

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01/21/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9633

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, the education law, the insurance law, the
 public housing law and the workers' compensation law, in relation to
 the scaffolding law; and to repeal subdivision 1 of section 240 and
 section 241 of the labor law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 240 of the labor law is REPEALED.
 2 § 2. Section 241 of the labor law is REPEALED.
 3 § 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 30 of the labor
 4 law, as amended by chapter 90 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 Except for variations concerning provisions, rules, codes, orders or
 7 any other matter affecting asbestos projects, mold projects or safety
 8 and health standards for public employees, including but not limited to
 9 projects covered by article thirty and section twenty-seven-a [and
 10 subdivision ten of section two hundred forty-one] of this chapter;
 11 § 4. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 372-a of the education
 12 law, as added by chapter 624 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
 13 follows:
 14 d. Any contracts or leases entered into by the trustees of the state
 15 university of New York pursuant to this section shall require the lessee
 16 or contracting not-for-profit corporation to comply with the require-
 17 ments of article fifteen-A of the executive law. Any contract or lease
 18 for construction, rehabilitation, or other improvement authorized by
 19 this section entered into by the trustees shall require the lessee or
 20 contractor and/or subcontractor to comply with the requirements of
 21 [section] sections two hundred twenty, two hundred thirty, two hundred
 22 thirty-one[,] and two hundred forty [and two hundred forty-one] of the
 23 labor law, where applicable, as well as sections one hundred one and one
 24 hundred three of the general municipal law, where applicable;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13966-01-5

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 1 § 5. The opening paragraph of paragraph 1 of subsection (e) of section
 2 2304 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 135 of the laws of 1998,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 Premiums for workers' compensation insurance for employments classi-
 5 fied under sections two hundred twenty[,] and two hundred forty [and two
 6 hundred forty-one] of the labor law, provided such employments are clas-
 7 sified under each of said sections, shall be established on the basis of
 8 payroll and a formula which provides appropriate credits, provided such
 9 credits shall not apply to payroll in excess of the payroll limitation
 10 amount set forth in subdivision two of section eighty-nine of the work-
 11 ers' compensation law and this subsection. With the exception of employ-
 12 ments engaged in the construction of one or two family residential hous-
 13 ing, premiums shall be calculated in accordance with the following
 14 limitations:
 15 § 6. The opening paragraph of paragraph 2 of subsection (e) of section
 16 2304 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2008,
 17 is amended to read as follows:
 18 The loss costs applicable to employments classified under sections two
 19 hundred twenty[,] and two hundred forty [and two hundred forty-one] of
 20 the labor law, provided such employments are classified under eac