New York S 2069: Establishes the position of an insurance liaison on the disaster preparedness commission

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S02069 Summary:

BILL NOS02069 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRASHBY, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §21, Exec L

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Establishes the position of an insurance liaison on the disaster preparedness commission to be appointed by the governor and serve as a non-voting member.

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BILL NOS02069 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

02/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.266

02/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/24/2025PASSED SENATE

02/24/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/24/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

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

05/18/20261ST REPORT CAL.1157

05/19/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/20/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

05/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2069

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
 land Security and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the establishment of
 an insurance liaison on the disaster preparedness commission

 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 21 of the executive law, as
 2 amended by chapter 699 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. There is hereby created in the executive department a disaster
 5 preparedness commission consisting of the commissioners of transporta-
 6 tion, health, division of criminal justice services, education, economic
 7 development, agriculture and markets, housing and community renewal,
 8 general services, labor, environmental conservation, mental health,
 9 addiction services and supports, parks, recreation and historic preser-
 10 vation, corrections and community supervision, children and family
 11 services, homeland security and emergency services, and people with
 12 developmental disabilities, the president of the New York state energy
 13 research and development authority, the superintendents of state police
 14 and financial services, the secretary of state, the state fire adminis-
 15 trator, the chair of the public service commission, the adjutant gener-
 16 al, the office of information technology services, and the office of
 17 victim services, the chairs of the thruway authority, the office for the
 18 aging, the metropolitan transportation authority, the port authority of
 19 New York and New Jersey, the chief professional officer of the state
 20 coordinating chapter of the American Red Cross, the chief professional
 21 officer of 2-1-1 New York state and [three] four additional members, to
 22 be appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be chief executives, one
 23 of whom shall act as a liaison between the insurance industry and the
 24 commission and such liaison shall be a non-voting member of the commis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05776-01-5

 S. 2069 2

 1 sion. Each member agency may designate an executive level officer of
 2 that agency, with responsibility for disaster preparedness matters, who
 3 may represent that agency on the commission. The commissioner of the
 4 division of homeland security and emergency services shall serve as
 5 chair of the commission, and the governor shall designate the vice chair
 6 of the commission. The members of the commission, except those who serve
 7 ex officio, shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 8 incurred in the performance of their duties under this article but shall
 9 receive no additional compensation for services rendered pursuant to
 10 this article.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 12 it shall have b