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Assembly Bill A4355A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the Kerry Rose Fitzsimons fire safety act

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2015-A4355 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5909
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§378 & 372, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9214, S7728
2017-2018: A3237, S1886
2019-2020: A3910

2015-A4355 - Summary

Enacts the Kerry Rose Fitzsimons fire safety act requiring interconnectable smoke detecting devices to be installed in certain residential buildings.

2015-A4355 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4355

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. DenDEKKER, CAHILL, OTIS, BENEDETTO, O'DONNELL,
  ROBINSON, MARKEY, HOOPER, BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of
  A.  COOK,  McDONOUGH,  MOSLEY, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, SCHIMEL, STECK --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  requiring  intercon-
  nectable  smoke  detecting devices to be installed in certain residen-
  tial buildings

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kerry Rose
Fitzsimons Fire Safety Act."
  S  2.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5-b of section 378 of the executive
law, as separately amended by chapters 96 and 506 of the laws  of  1988,
is amended to read as follows:
  a.  every  one or two-family dwelling [or any] SHALL HAVE INSTALLED AN
OPERABLE INTERCONNECTABLE SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE OR DEVICES. ANY  dwell-
ing  accommodation located in a building owned as a condominium or coop-
erative in the state used as a residence shall have installed an  opera-
ble single station smoke detecting alarm device or devices,
  S  3.  Section  372  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20. "INTERCONNECTABLE SMOKE  DETECTING  DEVICE"  OR  "INTERCONNECTABLE
SMOKE  DETECTING  ALARM  DEVICE"  MEANS A BATTERY OPERATED OR HARD-WIRED
SMOKE DETECTING ALARM DEVICE THAT COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER  SUCH  DEVICES
SO  THAT  WHEN  ONE SUCH DEVICE GIVE WARNINGS THE OTHER INTERCONNECTABLE
SMOKE DETECTING ALARM DEVICES WILL ALSO GIVE WARNINGS.
  S 4. This act shall take effect January 1,  2025;  provided,  however,
that  effective  immediately,  the addition and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on  or  before
such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07393-02-5

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2015-A4355A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5909
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§378 & 372, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9214, S7728
2017-2018: A3237, S1886
2019-2020: A3910

2015-A4355A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the Kerry Rose Fitzsimons fire safety act requiring interconnectable smoke detecting devices to be installed in certain residential buildings.

2015-A4355A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4355--A
                                                        Cal. No. 178

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. DenDEKKER, CAHILL, OTIS, BENEDETTO, O'DONNELL,
  ROBINSON, MARKEY, HOOPER, GALEF, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. COOK, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA,  SCHIMEL,  STECK  --
  read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --
  advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,  retaining
  its place on the order of third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to requiring intercon-
  nectable smoke detecting devices to be installed in  certain  residen-
  tial buildings

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kerry Rose
Fitzsimons Fire Safety Act."
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-b of section 378  of  the  executive
law,  as  separately amended by chapters 96 and 506 of the laws of 1988,
is amended to read as follows:
  a. every one or two-family dwelling [or any] SHALL HAVE  INSTALLED  AN
OPERABLE  INTERCONNECTABLE SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE OR DEVICES. ANY dwell-
ing accommodation located in a building owned as a condominium or  coop-
erative  in the state used as a residence shall have installed an opera-
ble single station smoke detecting alarm device or devices,
  S 3. Section 372 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20.  "INTERCONNECTABLE  SMOKE  DETECTING  DEVICE" OR "INTERCONNECTABLE
SMOKE DETECTING ALARM DEVICE" MEANS A  BATTERY  OPERATED  OR  HARD-WIRED
SMOKE  DETECTING  ALARM DEVICE THAT COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER SUCH DEVICES
SO THAT WHEN ONE SUCH DEVICE GIVE WARNINGS  THE  OTHER  INTERCONNECTABLE
SMOKE DETECTING ALARM DEVICES WILL ALSO GIVE WARNINGS.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect January 1, 2027; provided, however,
that effective immediately, the addition and/or repeal of  any  rule  or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective

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

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