S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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882
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT requiring a study to determine the effects that exposure to long
range acoustic devices have on an individual's hearing; and providing
for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The department of health shall engage in a study of long
range acoustic devices (LRADs) and the effect of exposure on individ-
uals, including the effect on short and long term hearing.
§ 2. Not later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
department of health shall prepare a report setting forth and evaluating
the findings of the study.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed one year
after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03235-01-5
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