NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3078A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2020	committed to rules
Mar 29, 2020	advanced to third reading
Mar 18, 2020	2nd report cal.
Mar 11, 2020	1st report cal.609
Jan 08, 2020	referred to domestic animal welfare returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 04, 2019	referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 14, 2019	amended on third reading 3078a
Mar 05, 2019	advanced to third reading
Mar 04, 2019	2nd report cal.
Feb 28, 2019	1st report cal.198
Feb 01, 2019	referred to domestic animal welfare

Votes

- Jun 4, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S3078A
  
  52
  
  Aye
  
  10
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 4, 2019
      
      aye (52)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (10)
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Gallivan
      
      Helming
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Little
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Ritchie
  Mar 11, 2020 - Domestic Animal Welfare Committee Vote
  S3078A
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Domestic Animal Welfare Committee Vote: Mar 11, 2020
      
      aye (7)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Boyle
      
      Felder
      
      Harckham
      
      Martinez
      
      Metzger
      
      Tedisco

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2019-S3078 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A998
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Ren §407 to be §408, add §407, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S3078, A998

2019-S3078 - Summary

Requires the installation and testing of fire protection systems at pet stores.

2019-S3078 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3078

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
ing the installation and testing of fire protection systems at pet
stores

 
PURPOSE:

To ensure that all premises that house animals for sale by a pet dealer
provide appropriate fire protection measures to guard against the unnec-
essary endangerment or death of animals.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

-Requires pet dealers to provide fire protection measures for every
premises at which the dealer houses animals, including: fire detection
equipment, fire alarms and firefighting equipment, and an adequate
number of extinguishers for the premises;

-Equipment must be provided throughout premises and exist must include
heat or smoke sensing fire detection alarm systems;

-Equipment shall be tested once a week and maintained in good working
order;

-Staff shall be instructed on how to use fire equipment;

-In retail and wholesale establishments an electrically supervised auto-
matic sprinkler system shall be installed in all parts of the premises
used to house animals and in the stairwell area of any means of egress;

-Such sprinkler systems will be inspected monthly by a qualified, certi-
ficate-holding employee of the retailer or wholesaler and keep records
of such inspections for fire department review;

-If it becomes necessary to disconnect fire alarms or sprinklers the pet
dealer shall notify the fire department at that time and when the
systems are re-connected;

-Provides definitions for 'pet dealer' and 'animal';

-Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and
Markets to promulgate rules, regulations, and standards to implement
this act.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

California is the only state that requires pet businesses that house
animals on their premises to install fire alarms or sprinkler systems.
Pet stores can be particularly vulnerable to fire because many of the
animals they house require the use of many electrical outputs and appli-
ances, such as heat lamps, in proximity or right next to flammable mate-
rials (like shredded newspaper or sawdust) used for bedding or cage
lining. Recent fires, including a 2002 four-alarm fire in Manhattan, a
2006 fire in Queens county, and a 2008 three-alarm fire in the Bronx
killed hundreds of animals and put hundreds more firefighters, store
employees, and civilians in harms-way as they rushed into pet stores to
save yelping and crying animals from burning to death. For instance, the
2006 fire in Queens county resulted in the death of hundreds of animals
in cruel and terrifying conditions, with eleven firefighters withstand-
ing injuries. This bill can help to prevent these unnecessary tragedies.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2015: S. 3687 - Referred to Agriculture.
2016: S. 3687 - Referred to Agriculture.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect January 1, 2020, except buildings in exist-
ence as of the effective date of this act shall have until January 1,
2022 to comply with the provisions of this act.

2019-S3078 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3078
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
   ing  the  installation  and  testing of fire protection systems at pet
   stores

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  407 of the agriculture and markets law is renum-
 bered section 409 and a new section 407 is added to read as follows:
   § 407.  FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR PET STORES. ALL  PET  DEALERS
 LICENSED  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE SHALL PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES FOR
 EVERY PREMISES AT WHICH THE DEALER HOUSES ANIMALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   1. FIRE  PROTECTION  SYSTEMS.  (A)  APPROVED  DEVICES,  EQUIPMENT  AND
 SYSTEMS  OR  COMBINATIONS  OF  SYSTEMS USED TO DETECT A FIRE, ACTIVATE A
 FIRE ALARM, EXTINGUISH OR CONTROL A FIRE, CONTROL OR  MANAGE  SMOKE  AND
 PRODUCTS  OF  A FIRE OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ALL
 RETAIL AND WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS UTILIZED BY A PET DEALER  TO  PERMA-
 NENTLY  OR  TEMPORARILY  HOUSE,  SELL OR TRADE ANIMALS.  FIRE PROTECTION
 SYSTEMS SHALL BE INSTALLED, INSPECTED, TESTED AND MAINTAINED PER  APPRO-
 PRIATE CODES AND REFERENCED STANDARDS HEREIN: IF IN THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF
 THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK PER NEW YORK CITY BUILDING CODE AND NEW YORK CITY
 FIRE CODE OR OUTSIDE OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK  PER
 THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE AND THE
 STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CODE FOR  THE  CORRECT  OCCUPANCY
 TYPE AND ANY APPROVED "MORE RESTRICTIVE LOCAL STANDARDS".
   (B) IF ANY FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM BECOMES INOPERATIVE AT ANY TIME, THE
 PET  DEALER  SHALL  TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO NOTIFY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICE AND HAVE THE SYSTEM RESTORED TO PROPER WORKING ORDER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02561-02-9

 S. 3078                             2
 
   2. APPLICATION. (A) THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  APPLY  TO
 EXISTING  BUILDINGS  AND  TO  BUILDINGS  HEREAFTER ERECTED BUT SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE BUILDINGS ZONED RESIDENTIAL.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
   (1)  "PET  DEALER"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING AS "PET DEALER" AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE, AND
   (2) "ANIMAL" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS  "COMPANION  ANIMAL"  AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS CHAP-
 TER.
   §  2.  The  commissioner  of  agriculture and markets shall promulgate
 rules, regulations and standards as he or she deems necessary to  imple-
 ment  the provisions of this act on or before its effective date and, in
 conjunction with the appropriate agency,  whether  the  New  York  state
 department  of  state  code enforcement and administration division, New
 York city department of buildings or  New  York  city  fire  department,
 shall establish standards for the installation, operation and inspection
 of  fire protection systems installed pursuant to the provisions of this
 act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020, except that buildings
 in existence or new construction with presently approved plans as of the
 effective date of this act shall have until January 1,  2022  to  comply
 with the provisions of this act.

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A998
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Ren §407 to be §408, add §407, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S3078, A998

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation and testing of fire protection systems at pet stores.

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3078A

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to requiring the installation and testing of fire protection
systems at pet stores

 
PURPOSE:

This bill ensures that all premises that house animals for sale by a pet
dealer provide appropriate fire protection measures to guard against the
unnecessary endangerment or death of animals.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one renumbers Section 407 of the agriculture and markets law to
Section 408 and adds a new section 407.

Section two authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture
and Markets to promulgate rules, regulations, and standards to implement
this act.

Section three sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

California is the only state that requires pet businesses that house
animals on their premises to install fire alarms or sprinkler systems.
Pet stores can be particularly vulnerable to fire because many of the
animals they house require the use of many electrical outputs and appli-
ances, such as heat lamps, in proximity or right next to flammable mate-
rials (like shredded newspaper or sawdust) used for bedding or cage
lining. Recent fires, including a 2002 four-alarm fire in Manhattan, a
2006 fire in Queens county, and a 2008 three-alarm fire in the Bronx
killed hundreds of animals and put hundreds more firefighters, store
employees, and civilians in harms-way as they rushed into pet stores to
save yelping and crying animals from burning to death. For instance, the
2006 fire in Queens County resulted in the death of hundreds of animals
in cruel and terrifying conditions, with eleven firefighters withstand-
ing injuries. This bill can help to prevent these unnecessary tragedies.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S. 3687 - Referred to Agriculture

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect one year after it becomes a law, except that
buildings in existence or new construction with presently approved plans
of the effective date of this act shall have until the following year to
comply with the provisions of this act.

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3078--A
     Cal. No. 198
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare --
   reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second
   report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
   ing  the  installation  and  testing of fire protection systems at pet
   stores
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  407 of the agriculture and markets law is renum-
 bered section 408 and a new section 407 is added to read as follows:
   § 407.  FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR PET STORES. ALL  PET  DEALERS
 LICENSED  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE SHALL PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES FOR
 EVERY PREMISES AT WHICH THE DEALER HOUSES ANIMALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   1. FIRE  PROTECTION  SYSTEMS.  (A)  APPROVED  DEVICES,  EQUIPMENT  AND
 SYSTEMS  OR  COMBINATIONS  OF  SYSTEMS USED TO DETECT A FIRE, ACTIVATE A
 FIRE ALARM, EXTINGUISH OR CONTROL A FIRE, CONTROL OR  MANAGE  SMOKE  AND
 PRODUCTS  OF  A FIRE OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ALL
 RETAIL AND WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS UTILIZED BY A PET DEALER  TO  PERMA-
 NENTLY  OR  TEMPORARILY  HOUSE,  SELL OR TRADE ANIMALS.  FIRE PROTECTION
 SYSTEMS SHALL BE INSTALLED, INSPECTED, TESTED AND MAINTAINED PER  APPRO-
 PRIATE CODES AND REFERENCED STANDARDS HEREIN: IF IN THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF
 THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK PER NEW YORK CITY BUILDING CODE AND NEW YORK CITY
 FIRE CODE OR OUTSIDE OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK  PER
 THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE AND THE
 STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CODE FOR  THE  CORRECT  OCCUPANCY
 TYPE AND ANY APPROVED "MORE RESTRICTIVE LOCAL STANDARDS".
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02561-03-9

 S. 3078--A                          2
 
   (B) IF ANY FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM BECOMES INOPERATIVE AT ANY TIME, THE
 PET  DEALER  SHALL  TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO NOTIFY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICE AND HAVE THE SYSTEM RESTORED TO PROPER WORKING ORDER.
   2.  APPLICATION.  (A)  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO
 EXISTING BUILDINGS AND TO BUILDINGS  HEREAFTER  ERECTED  BUT  SHALL  NOT
 INCLUDE BUILDINGS ZONED RESIDENTIAL.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
   (1)  "PET  DEALER"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING AS "PET DEALER" AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE, AND
   (2) "ANIMAL" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS  "COMPANION  ANIMAL"  AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS CHAP-
 TER.
   §  2.  The  commissioner  of  agriculture and markets shall promulgate
 rules, regulations and standards as he or she deems necessary to  imple-
 ment  the provisions of this act on or before its effective date and, in
 conjunction with the appropriate agency,  whether  the  New  York  state
 department  of  state  code enforcement and administration division, New
 York city department of buildings or  New  York  city  fire  department,
 shall establish standards for the installation, operation and inspection
 of  fire protection systems installed pursuant to the provisions of this
 act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law,  except  that buildings in existence or new construction with pres-
 ently approved plans as of the effective date of  this  act  shall  have
 until the following year to comply with the provisions of this act.

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Senate Bill S3078A

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Jun 4, 2019 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 4, 2019

Mar 11, 2020 - Domestic Animal Welfare Committee Vote

Domestic Animal Welfare Committee Vote: Mar 11, 2020

Bill Amendments

2019-S3078 - Details

2019-S3078 - Summary

2019-S3078 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3078 - Bill Text download pdf

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Senate Bill S3078A

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Sponsored By

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Bill Amendments

2019-S3078 - Details

2019-S3078 - Summary

2019-S3078 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3078 - Bill Text download pdf

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3078A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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