NY State Senate Bill S6900

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2150 - Signed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2022	approval memo.77 signed chap.792
Dec 16, 2022	delivered to governor
May 31, 2022	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.684 substituted for s6900
May 31, 2022	substituted by a2150a
Mar 14, 2022	advanced to third reading
Mar 10, 2022	2nd report cal.
Mar 09, 2022	1st report cal.684
Jan 05, 2022	referred to children and families
May 20, 2021	referred to children and families

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May 31, 2022 - floor Vote

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Mar 9, 2022 - Children and Families committee Vote

S6900

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Children and Families Committee Vote: Mar 9, 2022

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S6900 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2150
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Add §390-m, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A7627
2013-2014: A812
2015-2016: A405
2017-2018: A320
2019-2020: A168

S6900 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes "Brendan's law"; requires child day care centers and certain other facilities installing new or replacement window coverings to install cordless window coverings; requires child day care centers and certain other facilities that have window coverings in place before the effective date of this section to meet safety standards established in ANSI/WCMA A 100.1-2012 or any successor standard.

S6900 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6900

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to establishing Brendan's law; and to amend the
social services law, in relation to requiring cordless window coverings
in child day care centers and certain other facilities

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one identifies the short title of the bill as Brendan's Law.

Section two amends the social services law by adding a new section
390-m.

Section three sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:  Since 1982, the federal Consumer Protection Safety
Commission estimates that at least 200 children have died of strangula-
tion from Roman and roll-up window blinds. According to advocacy groups

such as the Parents for Window Blind Safety, the number of fatalities
and serious injuries is closer to 500. Those most at risk are children
aged one to three years old, who have some mobility but are still unable
to fully control their motor functions.

That window blinds and coverings with easily accessible drawstrings are
a serious safety hazard is nothing new. In 2009, a joint effort by the
Consumer Protection Safety Commission and window blind manufacturers
ordered the recall of fifty million sets of blinds throughout the United
States. Decades earlier, a federal study attributed the deaths of forty
one children between 1973 and 1980 to blind and shade cord strangula-
tion.

This legislation restricts the use of different types of blinds, shades
and window coverings for child day care centers and similar insti-
tutions, where vulnerable children are present. By requiring the
replacement of such blinds with safe alternatives, or modifications them
with safety mechanisms, it is the intention of this legislation to
prevent child deaths. In enacting this legislation, New York State would
further be sending a message that corded, roman and roll-up blinds can
be a serious safety hazard, and deserve greater attention and analysis
by parents, consumers, child care agencies, manufacturers and the
government.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: A.168-B - Passed Assembly; S.3186 - Advanced to Third Reading
2017-18: A.320-A - Passed Assembly; S.6519-A - Committed to Rules
2015-16: A.405-A - Reported to Rules
2013-14: A.812-B - Ordered to Third Reading Calendar
2011-12: A.7627-C - Ordered to Third Reading Calendar; S.6721-A -
Committed to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect twenty-four months after it shall have
become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.

S6900 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6900
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing  Brendan's  law;  and  to  amend  the
   social   services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  cordless  window
   coverings in child day care centers and certain other facilities

   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 "Brendan's
 Law".
   § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section  390-m
 to read as follows:
   §  390-M.  CORDLESS WINDOW COVERINGS REQUIRED. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH BELOW:
   (A) "BEADED CHAIN" MEANS A CORD WITH A SERIES OF SMALL SPHERES,  TYPI-
 CALLY MADE OF METAL OR PLASTIC.
   (B)  "CORD  LOOP"  MEANS  A LOOP FORMED BY AN INNER CORD THAT DOES NOT
 DIMINISH IN SIZE WHEN THE FORCE USED TO CREATE THE LOOP IS REMOVED.
   (C) "CORDLESS WINDOW COVERING" MEANS:
   (I) A HORIZONTAL BLIND OR CELLULAR SHADE THAT HAS NO DRAW CORD AND THE
 INTERNAL LIFT CORD RUNS IN THE SLATS OF THE HORIZONTAL BLIND SO THAT THE
 CORD IS INCAPABLE OF FORMING A LOOP GREATER THAN 4  INCHES  IN  DIAMETER
 RESULTING IN A 12-INCH MAXIMUM CIRCUMFERENCE;
   (II)  A  ROMAN  SHADE,  ROLL-UP BLIND, OR WOVEN SHADE THAT HAS NO DRAW
 CORD AND THE LIFT CORD IS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED SO THAT IT IS NOT ACCESSI-
 BLE;
   (III) A VERTICAL BLIND THAT HAS A WAND AS ITS OPERATING MECHANISM  AND
 DOES  NOT  CONTAIN ANY BEADED CHAINS, CORDED PULLEYS, OR OTHER CORD LOOP
 OPERATING MECHANISMS; AND
   (IV) A ROLLER SHADE THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A CORD OR BEADED CHAIN.
   (D) "DRAW CORD" MEANS ANY FORM OF ROPE, STRAP, OR STRING USED TO RAISE
 OR LOWER A WINDOW COVERING.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00337-04-1

 S. 6900                             2
 
   (E) "INTERNAL LIFT CORD" MEANS A CORD THAT  IS  CONTAINED  INSIDE  THE
 BODY AND RAILS OF THE BLIND OR SHADE.
   (F) "WAND" MEANS A RIGID MATERIAL USED FOR MANUAL OPERATION.
   2.  ANY  CHILD DAY CARE CENTER AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE OR ANY AUTHORIZED
 AGENCY AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE INCLUDING ANY AGENCY BOARDING HOME OR
 GROUP HOME INSTALLING NEW OR REPLACEMENT WINDOW COVERINGS SHALL  INSTALL
 CORDLESS  WINDOW  COVERINGS OR WINDOW COVERINGS WITH INACCESSIBLE OPERA-
 TIONAL AND INNER CORDS.
   3. ANY CHILD DAY CARE CENTER AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C)  OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE OR ANY AUTHORIZED
 AGENCY  AS  DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE INCLUDING ANY AGENCY BOARDING HOME  OR
 GROUP  HOME  THAT  HAS  WINDOW COVERINGS IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS  SECTION,  SHALL  MEET  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  ANSI/WCMA  A
 100.1-2018 OR ANY SUCCESSOR STANDARD THERETO, INCLUDING STANDARDS FOR:
   (A)  ROMAN  SHADES,  ROLL-UP  SHADES,  WOVEN  SHADES,  AND  ALL WINDOW
 COVERINGS WITH EXPOSED AND UNSECURED CORDS;
   (B) HORIZONTAL BLINDS, CELLULAR SHADES, AND ALL WINDOW COVERINGS  THAT
 HAVE EXPOSED DRAW CORDS FOR THEIR OPERATION; AND
   (C)  VERTICAL  BLINDS  AND  OTHER  WINDOW COVERING PRODUCTS WITH LOOPS
 UTILIZED IN THEIR OPERATION.
   4. IF A PERSON FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION
 THREE  OF THIS SECTION, THE AUTHORIZED AGENCY MAY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF
 EXISTING WINDOW COVERINGS  WITH  CORDLESS  WINDOW  COVERINGS  OR  WINDOW
 COVERINGS WITH INACCESSIBLE OPERATIONAL AND INNER CORDS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect twenty-four months after it shall have
 become  a  law.    Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.

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May 31, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 31, 2022

Mar 9, 2022 - Children and Families committee Vote

Children and Families Committee Vote: Mar 9, 2022

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Jabari Brisport

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2150 - Signed by Governor

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May 31, 2022 - floor Vote

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Mar 9, 2022 - Children and Families committee Vote

Children and Families Committee Vote: Mar 9, 2022

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Julia Salazar

S6900 (ACTIVE) - Details

S6900 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6900 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6900 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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