New York S 8840: Relates to notice of radio frequency exposure from cell phones

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S08840 Summary:

BILL NOS08840 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04680

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRPARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §29-f, Exec L

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Enacts the New York emergency responder act limiting the liability of certain emergency responders.

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BILL NOS08840 

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01/08/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

05/18/20261ST REPORT CAL.1164

05/19/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/20/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8840

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
 ___________

 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 enacting the New York
 emergency responder act

 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 "New York emergency responder act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 29-f to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 29-f. The New York emergency responder act. 1. As used in this
 6 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 7 (a) "Public official" shall mean any appointed or elected federal,
 8 state or local official with executive responsibility in the jurisdic-
 9 tion in which the emergency or event has occurred, and acting in his or
 10 her official capacity.
 11 (b) "Public safety official" shall mean any appointed or elected
 12 federal, state or local official with executive responsibility to coor-
 13 dinate public safety in the jurisdiction in which the emergency or event
 14 has occurred, and acting in his or her official capacity.
 15 (c) "Law enforcement official" shall mean any appointed or elected
 16 federal, state or local official with executive responsibility to coor-
 17 dinate law enforcement in the jurisdiction in which the emergency or
 18 event has occurred, and acting in his or her official capacity.
 19 (d) "Code enforcement official" shall mean any appointed or elected
 20 federal, state or local official with executive responsibility to coor-
 21 dinate building inspection in the jurisdiction in which the emergency or
 22 event has occurred, and acting in his or her official capacity.
 23 (e) "Declared emergency" shall mean any state disaster emergency
 24 declaration or local emergency order proclamation, by a public official,
 25 of the occurrence or imminent threat of a disaster or rioting, catastro-
 26 phe or similar public emergency, or in the event of reasonable apprehen-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08395-01-5

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 1 sion of immediate danger thereof, and upon a finding by the public offi-
 2 cial that the public safety is imperiled thereby.
 3 (f) "Municipal corporation" shall mean a county, town, city or
 4 village.
 5 (g) "State department" shall mean those state government departments,
 6 divisions or commissions empowered by the state to enter into contractu-
 7 al agreements on behalf of the state.
 8 (h) "State authority" shall mean a public authority or public benefit
 9 corporation created by or existing under this chapter or any other law
 10 of the state, with one or more of its members appointed by the governor
 11 or who serve as members by virtue of holding a civil office of the
 12 state, other than an interstate or international authority or public
 13 benefit corporation, including subsidiaries of such public authority or
 14 public benefit corporation.
 15 (i) "Local authority" shall mean: (1) a public authority or public
 16 benefit corporation created by or existing under this chapter or any
 17 other law of the state whose members do not hold a civil office of the
 18 state, are not appointed by the governor or are appointed by the gover-
 19 nor specifically upon the recommendation of the local government or
 20 governments; (