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Senate Bill S3053A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state bridge authority to provide a report outlining their efforts and progress on decreasing and deterring suicide attempts on authority bridges

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2025-S3053 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4821
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S7310, A8273
2023-2024: S2708, A9248

2025-S3053 - Summary

Directs the New York state bridge authority to provide a report by July 1, 2027, outlining their efforts and progress on decreasing and deterring suicide attempts on authority bridges.

2025-S3053 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3053 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3053
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HARCKHAM, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, SKOUFIS -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law and the public  authorities  law,
   in  relation  to requiring the installation of climb deterrent fencing
   on certain bridges

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 16-a to read as follows:
   16-A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ENSURE THAT CLIMB DETERRENT FENCING IS
 INSTALLED ON ALL BRIDGES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
 BRIDGE  AUTHORITY.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CLIMB DETERRENT FENC-
 ING" SHALL MEAN FENCING DESIGNED FOR DETERRENCE OF CLIMBING AND PREVENT-
 ING GRIP AND FOOTHOLDS, EQUIPPED WITH CERTAIN FEATURES INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO WELDED WIRE MESH PANELS,  TIGHTLY  SPACED  WIRES,  AND  SPIKE
 COLLARS.
   § 2.  Section 530 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter
 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
   §  530.  Construction  contracts.  The  authority  shall construct the
 bridges pursuant to a  contract  or  contracts.    THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL
 CONSTRUCT THE BRIDGES PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS. THE AUTHORITY
 SHALL   INSTALL  CLIMB  DETERRENT  FENCING  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
 SIXTEEN-A OF SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW ON  ALL  BRIDGES
 UNDER  ITS  JURISDICTION.  Such  contracts shall be let under the super-
 vision of the commissioner and shall be subject to [his] THE approval OF
 SUCH COMMISSIONER.  Such contracts shall be let by the authority in  the
 manner,  so  far as practicable, provided in section thirty-eight of the
 highway law, but failure to comply with such section shall  not  invali-
 date  such  contracts. Requisitions for the payments to be made pursuant
 to such contracts shall be approved by the commissioner. The work  under
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06250-01-5

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2025-S3053A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4821
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S7310, A8273
2023-2024: S2708, A9248

2025-S3053A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state bridge authority to provide a report by July 1, 2027, outlining their efforts and progress on decreasing and deterring suicide attempts on authority bridges.

2025-S3053A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3053A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3053--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HARCKHAM, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, MATTERA, OBERACKER,
   ROLISON, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Transportation in  accordance  with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the New York state bridge  authority  to
   provide  a  report  outlining their efforts and progress on decreasing
   and deterring suicide attempts on authority bridges; 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. On July 1, 2027, the New York state bridge authority shall
 provide to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the  temporary
 president of the senate a report outlining their efforts and progress on
 decreasing  and  deterring  suicide  attempts on authority bridges. Such
 report shall include at a minimum:
   1. Information on the recommendations outlined  in  the  Comprehensive
 Plan for Suicide Prevention, Education, and Awareness report;
   2.  The  current  status of the implementation of recommendations from
 this report on each bridge;
   3. A timeline of any current projects on each bridge related to  climb
 deterrent  fencing or for the purposes of decreasing suicide attempts on
 authority bridges;
   4. Any barriers to implementing  the  previous  recommendations  made,
 including  capital needs and structural challenges on one or more bridg-
 es;
   5. Alternative measures or  additional  actions  discovered  that  may
 further the purpose of decreasing suicide attempts on authority bridges;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06250-05-6
 S. 3053--A                          2

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