S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3164
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, COOK, GLICK, RAGA -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hotels
and motels to notify employees of the presence of bedbugs on the prem-
ises and requires the development and administration of training on
methods and procedures for the eradication of bedbugs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1347 of the public health law is
amended to read as follows:
1. All departments and boards of health and the commissioner or
commissioners thereof shall have the power to enforce the provisions of
sections thirteen hundred forty-five to thirteen hundred [forty-seven]
FORTY-EIGHT, inclusive, of this [chapter] TITLE.
§ 2. Section 1348 of the public health law is renumbered section 1349
and amended to read as follows:
§ 1349. Hotel sanitation; application of article. The provisions of
sections thirteen hundred forty-five to thirteen hundred forty-seven[,
inclusive,] of this [chapter] TITLE, shall not apply to cities having a
population of one million inhabitants or over.
§ 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1348 to
read as follows:
§ 1348. HOTEL SANITATION; BEDBUG NOTIFICATION AND TRAINING. 1. HOTELS
AND MOTELS SHALL NOTIFY EMPLOYEES OF THE PRESENCE OF BEDBUGS ON THE
PREMISES AND SHALL SPECIFY WHICH ROOMS ARE INFESTED.
2. NOTIFICATION SHALL BE MADE PROMPTLY FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF
BEDBUGS ON THE PREMISES.
3. IN CONCERT WITH THE DEPARTMENT, HOTELS AND MOTELS SHALL DEVELOP AND
ADMINISTER BEDBUG TRAINING THAT SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES WHO MAY
BE EXPOSED TO BEDBUGS AS A PART OF THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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4. TRAINING SHALL BE ADMINISTERED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AFTER
HIRING AND ONCE AGAIN EACH YEAR THEREAFTER.
5. TRAINING SHALL INCLUDE BEDBUG IDENTIFICATION, PROCEDURES FOR
REPORTING INFESTATIONS TO PEST MANAGEMENT AND TREATING INFESTATIONS, AS
APPROPRIATE.
6. UPON DISCOVERY OF BEDBUGS, THE HOTEL OR MOTEL SHALL TAKE THE ROOM
OR AREA OUT OF SERVICE, BUT NO ITEMS SHALL BE REMOVED UNTIL A PEST
CONTROL MANAGEMENT COMPANY HAS INSPECTED THE AREA.
7. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
A. "HOTEL AND MOTEL" SHALL MEAN ESTABLISHMENTS DISTINGUISHED AS
HOTELS, MOTELS, BUNGALOW COLONIES, OR ANY OTHER ESTABLISHMENT COMPARABLE
OR EQUIVALENT TO ANY OF THOSE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. THE TERM SHALL NOT
INCLUDE THOSE PLACES OR FACILITIES NOT HAVING THE GENERAL CHARACTER-
ISTICS OF A MOTEL OR HOTEL AS THAT TERM IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD AND THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO EXEMPT FROM THIS SECTION A PLACE OR
FACILITY THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE INTENT OF THIS DEFINITION OF A MOTEL OR
HOTEL.
B. "EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON EMPLOYED FOR HIRE THAT MAY BE
EXPOSED TO BEDBUGS AS A PART OF THEIR DAILY ROUTINE. SUB-CONTRACTORS AND
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WHO WORK TWENTY HOURS OR MORE PER WEEK ARE
DEEMED "EMPLOYEES" FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such date.