Senate Bill S6554

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state lead-safe renovation, repair and painting act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S6554 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7117
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 31-A §§925 - 928, Lab L; amd §381, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2191, A434

2021-S6554 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "New York state lead-safe renovation, repair and painting act"; establishes standards for lead-safe renovation, repair and painting of residential properties; requires documentation of compliance with such standards.

2021-S6554 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6554
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law and the  executive  law,  in  relation  to
   establishing  the  "New  York  state  lead-safe renovation, repair and
   painting act"

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  labor law is amended by adding a new article 31-A to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 31-A
                         NEW YORK STATE LEAD-SAFE
                    RENOVATION, REPAIR AND PAINTING ACT
 SECTION 925. SHORT TITLE.
         926. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
         927. DEFINITIONS.
         928. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RENOVATION.
   § 925. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY  BE  CITED  AS
 THE "NEW YORK STATE LEAD-SAFE RENOVATION, REPAIR AND PAINTING ACT".
   § 926. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES
 THAT  LEAD  POISONING  OF CHILDREN PERSISTS AS ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT
 AND PREVENTABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASES IN NEW YORK. NEARLY  ONE  HUNDRED
 THOUSAND  CHILDREN  WERE  NEWLY  IDENTIFIED WITH LEVELS OF LEAD IN THEIR
 BLOOD AT FIVE MICROGRAMS PER DECILITER IN NEW  YORK  STATE  BETWEEN  TWO
 THOUSAND  ELEVEN  AND  TWO  THOUSAND FIFTEEN. MEDICAL RESEARCH INDICATES
 THAT CHILDREN CAN SUFFER PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE  AT  BLOOD  LEVELS  EVEN
 LOWER  THAN FIVE MICROGRAMS PER DECILITER, AND THAT THERE IS NO LEVEL OF
 LEAD INGESTION WHICH IS WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT.
   THE PREDOMINANT CAUSE OF LEAD POISONING IN CHILDREN IS  THE  INGESTION
 OF  LEAD  DUST FROM LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM OLDER RESIDENCES. ALTHOUGH NEW
 YORK STATE BANNED THE SALE  OF  LEAD-BASED  PAINT  IN  NINETEEN  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY,   SEVENTY-FOUR   PERCENT   OF  NEW  YORK'S  HOUSING  STOCK  WAS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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