Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 09, 2025 |
print number 3515c |
Jun 09, 2025 |
amend (t) and recommit to education |
May 20, 2025 |
print number 3515b |
May 20, 2025 |
amend (t) and recommit to education |
Apr 28, 2025 |
print number 3515a |
Apr 28, 2025 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jan 28, 2025 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A3515C
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BICHOTTE HERMELYN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Karines Reyes
Stacey Pheffer Amato
2025-A3515 - Details
2025-A3515 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3515 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school districts to provide information regarding water safety and swimming certification to certain parents or students upon enrollment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3205 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. A. BEGINNING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWEN- TY-SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE, TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WHO INITIALLY ENROLLS THEIR CHILD IN THE SCHOOL, INFORMATION ON THE IMPORTANT ROLE WATER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS PLAY IN SAVING LIVES. THE INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY OR IN HARD COPY AND MUST INCLUDE LOCAL OPTIONS FOR AGE-APPROPRIATE WATER SAFETY COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS THAT RESULT IN A CERTIFICATE INDI- CATING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, INCLUDING COURSES AND LESSONS OFFERED FOR FREE OR AT A REDUCED PRICE. IF THE STUDENT IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, OR IS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE AND IS ENROLLING IN ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES, THE INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT. B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "WATER SAFETY" SHALL MEAN AGE-APPROPRIATE EDUCATION INTENDED TO PROMOTE SAFETY IN, ON, AND AROUND BODIES OF WATER AND REDUCE THE RISK OF INJURY, INCLUDING FATAL OR NON-FATAL DROWNING. § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04032-01-5
co-Sponsors
Karines Reyes
Stacey Pheffer Amato
2025-A3515A - Details
2025-A3515A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3515--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, REYES, PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school districts to provide information regarding water safety and swimming certification to certain parents or students upon enrollment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 926 to read as follows: § 926. WATER SAFETY AND SWIMMING CERTIFICATION. 1. BEGINNING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE, TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WHO INITIALLY ENROLLS THEIR CHILD IN THE SCHOOL, INFORMATION ON THE IMPORTANT ROLE WATER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS PLAY IN SAVING LIVES. THE INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY OR IN HARD COPY AND MUST INCLUDE LOCAL OPTIONS FOR AGE-APPROPRIATE WATER SAFETY COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS THAT RESULT IN A CERTIFICATE INDICATING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, INCLUDING COURSES AND LESSONS OFFERED FOR FREE OR AT A REDUCED PRICE. IF THE STUDENT IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, OR IS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE AND IS ENROLLING IN ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES, THE INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "WATER SAFETY" SHALL MEAN AGE-APPROPRIATE EDUCATION INTENDED TO PROMOTE SAFETY IN, ON, AND AROUND BODIES OF WATER AND REDUCE THE RISK OF INJURY, INCLUDING FATAL OR NON-FATAL DROWNING. § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04032-03-5
co-Sponsors
Karines Reyes
Stacey Pheffer Amato
2025-A3515B - Details
2025-A3515B - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3515--B 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, REYES, PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school districts to provide information regarding water safety and swimming certification to certain parents or students upon enrollment; and to amend the public health law, in relation to promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 926 to read as follows: § 926. WATER SAFETY AND SWIMMING CERTIFICATION. 1. BEGINNING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE, TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WHO INITIALLY ENROLLS THEIR CHILD IN THE SCHOOL, INFORMATION ON THE IMPORTANT ROLE WATER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS PLAY IN SAVING LIVES. SUCH INFORMATION, WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (T) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, MUST BE PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY OR IN HARD COPY AND MUST INCLUDE LOCAL OPTIONS FOR AGE-APPROPRIATE WATER SAFETY COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS THAT RESULT IN A CERTIFICATE INDICATING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, INCLUDING COURSES AND LESSONS OFFERED FOR FREE OR AT A REDUCED PRICE. TO SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY EITHER: (A) PROVIDE A LIST OF OPTIONS DEEMED GEOGRAPHICALLY APPROPRIATE BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR (B) PROVIDE A WEBSITE ADDRESS TO AN ONLINE DATABASE OF OPTIONS SEARCHABLE BY ZIP CODE AS APPROVED FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PURSU- ANT TO PARAGRAPH (T) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVEN OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04032-06-5
co-Sponsors
Karines Reyes
Stacey Pheffer Amato
2025-A3515C (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-A3515C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3515--C 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, REYES, PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school districts to provide information regarding water safety information to certain parents or students upon enrollment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 926 to read as follows: § 926. WATER SAFETY INFORMATION. 1. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWO THOU- SAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE, TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF EACH STUDENT ENROLLED IN SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT, INFORMATION ON DROWNING PREVENTION, WATER SAFETY, AND SAFE AND HEALTHY SWIMMING. EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT UPON ENROLLMENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF THE STUDENT IS EIGH- TEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT. SUCH INFORMATION MAY BE PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY OR IN PAPER FORM. TRANSLATION OF SUCH INFORMATION INTO ANY OF THE TWELVE MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDI- VIDUALS IN THE STATE, BASED ON THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU, SHALL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL PRODUCE AND UPDATE, AS DEEMED NECESSARY, SUCH INFORMATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PUBLISH SUCH INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE IN A CLEARLY VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE LOCATION. § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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