New York A 9614: Creates the Davis Park Fire Department Benevolent Association

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A09614 Summary:

BILL NOA09614A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRCashman

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §116, Ed L

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Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures for children in schools in the state; except for authorized limited use of timeout and physical restraint as prescribed in regulations.

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BILL NOA09614A

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01/21/2026referred to education

02/10/2026amend and recommit to education

02/10/2026print number 9614a

03/31/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9614--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, CASHMAN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
 timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in
 schools in the state

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 116 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 116. Prohibitions on timeout boxes in schools. 1. The use of timeout
 4 boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures for the isolation
 5 of children are prohibited in schools in the state, except for the
 6 authorized limited use of timeout and physical restraint as prescribed
 7 in the commissioner's regulations.
 8 2. For purposes of this section:
 9 (a) "Timeout box" shall include, but not be limited to, a temporary or
 10 permanent wooden, metal, or padded enclosure or structure where a child
 11 is isolated.
 12 (b) "School" means a public school district, board of cooperative
 13 educational services, charter school, state-operated and state-supported
 14 school pursuant to articles eighty-five, eighty-seven and eighty-eight
 15 of this chapter, in-state and out-of-state private residential or non-
 16 residential school for the education of students with disabilities
 17 approved pursuant to article eighty-nine of this chapter or operating
 18 under article eighty-one of this chapter, state-administered prekinder-
 19 garten program directly operated by a school district, board of cooper-
 20 ative educational services, or an eligible agency, as defined in 8 NYCRR
 21 151-1.2 (b), or operated by a school district in collaboration with an
 22 eligible agency, preschool special education program approved pursuant
 23 to section four thousand four hundred ten of this chapter, and regis-
 24 tered nonpublic nursery school, kindergarten, and high school, and a
 25 nonpublic school serving grades one through eight that has a registered
 26 high school, in this state.
 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14409-04-6

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