NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7249

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Arts and Cultural Affairs

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a place of entertainment to establish emergency preparedness plans; defines "emergency preparedness plan" to mean any fire safety or evacuation plan required by the most recent fire code adopted by the state; makes related provisions.

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7249

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to requiring a place of entertainment to establish
emergency preparedness plans

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires all places of entertainment holding at least one
thousand people to submit any emergency preparedness plan required by
the state's fire code to the municipality to be approved or rejected, as
well as include all mandatory announcements required by the fire code.
Also establishes fines for failure to comply.

Section 2 authorizes the commissioner of the division of homeland secu-
rity and emergency services to promulgate rules and regulations neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this act.

Section 3 is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

On Sunday March 5th, 2023, the city of Rochester experienced a tragedy
during a concert at the Main Street Armory. Officials say that a crowd
surge near the end of the concert led to the death of three people and
hospitalized eight others. This tragedy in Rochester had many question-
ing the safety procedures that were set in place by the venue prior to
the concert and brought awareness to the unsafe environments that over-
crowded concerts and entertainments can create.

The venue, which has a capacity of fitting 5,000 people has since then
been shut down and the Rochester Police Department signed an order that
the venue was no longer allowed to host entertainment events after the
owner of the venue failed to attend a meeting to discuss what occurred
and the future of the venue moving forward.

Within the state of New York, we have the opportunity to address this
issue and to ensure that the tragedy that happened in Rochester does not
merely become a memory, but a moment in our state's history that was met
with legislative action to promote safety within our great state.

This legislation will help to ensure concert goer safety by making sure
that all fire exits are known by all in attendance through timely
announcements. It will also require all large venues, individuals and
organizations to submit plans to prevent and mitigate crowd rushes
during indoor and outdoor events. These plans must be submitted to and
approved annually by the presiding municipality.  This bill would also
establish fines and penalties for venues that fail to adhere to the
guidelines set forth in this bill. Although there are many different
municipal fire/ building codes within our state, the enforcement of
general safety measures and guidelines set by this bill would go a long
way in protecting New Yorkers and guests at concerts and large events
within the state of New York.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7249
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring a place of  entertainment  to  establish
   emergency preparedness plans

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Emergency preparedness plans. 1. a.  Any  place  of  enter-
 tainment,  as  such  term  is  defined  in section 25.03 of the arts and
 cultural affairs law, that is open for use and can  hold  at  least  one
 thousand  people shall submit to the municipality in which such place of
 entertainment is located an emergency preparedness plan. For purposes of
 this section, "emergency preparedness plan" shall mean any  fire  safety
 or  evacuation plan required by the most recent fire code adopted by the
 state.
   b. Such emergency preparedness plan shall be submitted to the  munici-
 pality on an annual basis. The municipality shall approve or reject such
 plan.  Any  place of entertainment subject to the provisions of this act
 that fails to submit such plan shall not host events until such plan  is
 submitted  and  approved.  If  a municipality fails to approve or reject
 such plan within thirty days it shall be deemed approved.
   c. Any place of  entertainment  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this
 section  that  fails to submit such plan shall also be subject to a fine
 of one thousand dollars  for  the  first  violation  and  five  thousand
 dollars  for  each  subsequent  offense.  Such fine is to be paid to the
 municipality in which such place of entertainment is located.
   2. Any place of entertainment, as such  term  is  defined  in  section
 25.03  of  the arts and cultural affairs law, that is open for use shall
 make all emergency announcements as required by  the  most  recent  fire
 code  adopted  by  the  state. Any place of entertainment subject to the
 provisions of this section that fails to make  such  required  emergency
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11553-01-3

 S. 7249                             2
 
 announcements shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars for the
 first  violation  and  one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense.
 Such fine is to be paid to the  municipality  in  which  such  place  of
 entertainment is located.
   §  2.  The commissioner of the division of homeland security and emer-
 gency services is hereby authorized to promulgate any  rules  and  regu-
 lations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S7249

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

co-Sponsors

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Jeremy A. Cooney

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

co-Sponsors

Rachel May

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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