New York A 314: Provides for certain uses of premises for which no duty is owed to keep premises safe

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A00314 Summary:

BILL NOA00314 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFriend (MS)

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COSPNSRManktelow, Morinello, Hawley, Brabenec, Miller, Tague, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSRBlankenbush, McDonough

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Amd §9-103, Gen Ob L

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Provides that the owner, lessee or occupant of premises owes no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others engaged generally in recreational activities.

Go to top A00314 Actions:

BILL NOA00314 

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01/08/2025referred to judiciary

05/20/2025held for consideration in judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

Go to topA00314 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:JUDICIARY Chair:Lavine 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:14/6 Action: Held for Consideration LavineAyeTannousisNay

WeprinAyeWalshNay

BraunsteinAyeBrownNay

SteckAyeMikulinNay

SeawrightAyeSmithNay

WalkerAyeMolitorNay

McMahonAye

MitaynesAye

RajkumarAye

SimonAye

SayeghExcused

LunsfordAye

BergerAye

ShimskyAye

CarrollAye

Go to topA00314 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA00314 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 314

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FRIEND, MANKTELOW, MORINELLO, HAWLEY, BRABENEC,
 MILLER, TAGUE, DeSTEFANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKEN-
 BUSH, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
 ary

 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the duty to
 keep premises safe for certain uses

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 9-103 of the gener-
 2 al obligations law, as separately amended by chapters 141 and 286 of the
 3 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 4 a. an owner, lessee or occupant of premises, whether or not posted as
 5 provided in section 11-2111 of the environmental conservation law, owes
 6 no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for hunt-
 7 ing, fishing, organized gleaning as defined in section seventy-one-y of
 8 the agriculture and markets law, canoeing, boating, trapping, hiking,
 9 cross-country skiing, tobogganing, sledding, speleological activities,
 10 horseback riding, bicycle riding, hang gliding, motorized vehicle opera-
 11 tion for recreational purposes, snowmobile operation, cutting or gather-
 12 ing of wood for non-commercial purposes [or], training of dogs or other
 13 recreational activities, or to give warning of any hazardous condition
 14 or use of or structure or activity on such premises to persons entering
 15 for such purposes;
 16 § 2. Paragraphs b and c of subdivision 2 of section 9-103 of the
 17 general obligations law, as amended by chapter 408 of the laws of 1979,
 18 are amended to read as follows:
 19 b. for injury suffered in any case where permission to pursue any of
 20 the activities [enumerated] described in this section was granted for a
 21 consideration other than the consideration, if any, paid to said land-
 22 owner by the state or federal government, or permission to train dogs

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01320-01-5

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 1 was granted for a consideration other than that provided for in section
 2 11-0925 of the environmental conservation law; or
 3 c. for injury caused, by acts of persons to whom permission to pursue
 4 any of the activities [enumerated] described in this section was grant-
 5 ed, to other persons as to whom the person granting permission, or the
 6 owner, lessee or occupant of the premises, owed a duty to keep the prem-
 7 ises safe or to warn of danger.
 8 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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