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Senate Bill S5507

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires fire-resistant material applicators to undergo training and register with the office of fire prevention and control

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2025-S5507 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §155-a, add §159-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6413

2025-S5507 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires fire-resistant material applicators to undergo training and register with the office of fire prevention and control; imposes fines for violations.

2025-S5507 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5507
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to fire-resistant materi-
   al applicator training and registration
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 155-a of the executive law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
   6.  "FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL" SHALL MEAN CEMENTITIOUS OR FIBROUS MATE-
 RIALS  THAT  ARE  SPRAYED  ONTO  A  SURFACE  TO  PROVIDE  FIRE-RESISTANT
 PROTECTION OF THE SUBSTRATE.
   7.  "FIRE-RESISTANT  MATERIAL APPLICATOR" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
 APPLIES FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL.
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  159-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  159-B. FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL APPLICATORS; REGISTRATION; FINES. 1.
 (A) EVERY FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL APPLICATOR SHALL:
   (I) UNDERGO TRAINING TO APPLY  FIRE-RESISTANT  MATERIAL  ACCORDING  TO
 MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS; AND
   (II) ANNUALLY REGISTER WITH THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
   (B) WHEN A FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL APPLICATOR SATISFACTORILY COMPLETES
 TRAINING AND REGISTERS AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE WHICH STATES THAT
 SUCH APPLICATOR IS CERTIFIED TO APPLY FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL.
   2.  ANY  PERSON  APPLYING FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL WHO DOES NOT RECEIVE
 THE TRAINING, REGISTER, AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED  FIFTY
 DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   3.  THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL SHALL DEVELOP A TRAINING
 PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL  APPLICA-
 TORS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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