Assembly Bill A6962

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "no child left out inclusive playgrounds act"

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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-A6962 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-dd, Gen Bus L

2025-A6962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "no child left out inclusive playgrounds act"; requires newly built and renovated playgrounds to be accessible for children with disabilities.

2025-A6962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6962
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  all
   new and renovated playgrounds be accessible to all children
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "no child left out inclusive playgrounds act".
   §  2.  Section 399-dd of the general business law, as added by chapter
 519 of the laws of 2006, and subdivision 2 as amended by section  38  of
 part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   §  399-dd.  Construction  or  installation of playground or playground
 equipment.  1.  Definitions  relative  to  playground  safety.  For  the
 purposes  of  this section, the term "playground" means an improved area
 designed, equipped, and set aside for play of six or more children which
 is not intended for use as an athletic playing field or athletic  court,
 and  shall include any play equipment, surfacing, fencing, signs, inter-
 nal pathways, internal land forms, vegetation, and related structures.
   2. The department of state, in consultation with the office of  parks,
 recreation  and  historic preservation, shall promulgate rules and regu-
 lations for the design,  installation,  inspection  and  maintenance  of
 playgrounds  and  playground equipment. Those regulations shall substan-
 tially comply with the guidelines and criteria which  are  contained  in
 the  handbook for public playground safety produced by the United States
 consumer products safety commission or any successor AND THE  PROVISIONS
 PROVIDED  IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. The rules and regulations
 shall include special provisions for playgrounds appropriate  for  chil-
 dren within the range of ages in day care settings.
   3.  (a)  No  person,  firm,  corporation,  or other legal entity which
 constructs, assembles or installs a playground or  playground  equipment
 shall  construct,  assemble, or install in this state such playground or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10673-01-5
              

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