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S00215 Summary:

BILL NOS00215 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRWEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §148, Pub Bldg L

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Requires the commissioner of general services to ensure clean, safe drinking water is available in easily accessible locations for all public employees in state office buildings.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 215

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to providing
 access to clean water for public employees

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

 1 Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
 2 148 to read as follows:
 3 § 148. Public employee clean water access. 1. As used in this section,
 4 "covered public building" means a public building owned by the state of
 5 New York, under the supervision and control of the commissioner of
 6 general services, that is determined by such commissioner to be a state
 7 office building.
 8 2. The commissioner of general services shall ensure clean, safe
 9 drinking water is available in easily accessible locations for all
 10 public employees in covered public buildings. Such drinking water shall
 11 be made available by the use of water jug dispensers or filtered water
 12 bottle filling stations. The commissioner shall make such drinking water
 13 available in the manner best suited to reduce the use of single-use
 14 plastics, as determined by such commissioner.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01046-01-5

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