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Assembly Bill A4489

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires certain handicap accessible playground equipment in each playground within each state park

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2025-A4489 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-r, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9923
2023-2024: A3213

2025-A4489 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one handicap accessible swing set in each state park.

2025-A4489 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4489
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring certain
   handicap accessible playground equipment for children  with  disabili-
   ties

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 79-r to read as follows:
   §  79-R. HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. PURSUANT TO SECTION
 FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER, ALL STATE PARKS WITH A PLAYGROUND  SHALL  CONTAIN
 ONE  SWING  SET  WHICH  IS  ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY FOR
 THEIR USE AND ENJOYMENT. THE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SWING SET MUST  INCLUDE
 A  WHEELCHAIR  ACCESSIBLE  PLATFORM SWING AND A HIGH BACKED FULL SUPPORT
 SEAT.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "DISABILITY" SHALL HAVE
 THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO  OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE  LAW.  TO  THE  EXTENT PRACTICABLE, SUCH ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND
 EQUIPMENT SHALL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE LAYOUT OF  THE  EXISTING  PLAY-
 GROUND OR PROPOSED PLAYGROUND PLAN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2027.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06746-01-5

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