Assembly Bill A4926

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of an indoor area; and to repealing certain provisions of the public health law relating thereto

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A4926 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-n, rpld §1399-x, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10441
2021-2022: A3648
2023-2024: A1132

2025-A4926 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of an indoor area.

2025-A4926 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4926
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDO-
   NOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition of
   an indoor area; and to repeal certain provisions of such law  relating
   thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1399-n of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. "INDOOR AREA" MEANS ANY AREA WITH A FULL OR PARTIAL ROOF COVERING,
 INCLUDING  AN AREA WITH A ROOF OR CEILING IN PLACE, WHICH MAY BE A FIXED
 OR MOVABLE ROOF OR CEILING, WHERE THE TOTAL  ACTUAL  AREA  OF  THE  WALL
 SURFACES  EXCEEDS  SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NOTIONAL WALL AREA,
 AND WHICH ALLOW THE FREE FLOW OF AIR WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE  OF  MECHAN-
 ICAL  VENTILATION,  AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY
 DETERMINE AND ENFORCE A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ACTUAL AREA TO NOTION-
 AL WALL AREA, AS DEEMED NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH  AND  THE
 INTENT  OF  THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE
 DETERMINED IS NOT LOWER THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE  TOTAL  NOTIONAL  WALL
 AREA.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS
 ARE NECESSARY TO DEFINE NOTIONAL WALL AREA, MECHANICAL VENTILATION,  AND
 RELATED  BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A STRUCTURE
 FALLS WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF INDOOR AREA.
   § 2. Section 1399-x of the public health law is REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05857-01-5

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