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A3237Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS1886

Require Linked Smoke Alarms

Official title

“Enacts the Kerry Rose Fitzsimons fire safety act”

Sponsor Michael DenDekkerAD-34Affects Legal
Status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

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Floor calendar · Jan 3

What's happening

This bill requires interconnected smoke detectors to be installed in one- or two-family dwellings and certain residential buildings in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Interconnected smoke detectors ensure that if a fire triggers one alarm, all alarms in the dwelling will sound. , significantly increasing the chance that everyone in the home will be alerted, regardless of where the fire starts or where people are located.

  2. The law updates safety requirements for one- or two-family homes and certain condos/co-ops. by mandating interconnected alarms, not just single, isolated devices—raising the baseline for fire safety and addressing gaps where residents might not hear a single alarm.

  3. Defining "interconnectable" devices to include both battery-operated and hard-wired options allows for flexibility in compliance. , making it easier for homeowners and landlords to meet the new standards using technology that best fits their building's infrastructure.

  4. The delayed effective date (January 1, 2028) gives property owners time to upgrade existing smoke alarm systems, but also signals a future legal obligation. , potentially affecting renovation plans, real estate transactions, and landlords’ responsibilities in the coming years.

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Require Linked Smoke Alarms

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Michael DenDekker

Assembly Member · Assembly District 34

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History

  1. Ordered to third reading cal.258
  2. Ordered to third reading rules cal.93
  3. Rules report cal.93
  4. Reported
  5. Reported referred to rules
  6. Reported referred to codes
  7. Referred to governmental operations

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S1886Senate

Require Linked Smoke Alarms

In Senate Committee · Housing, Construction And Community Development · Sponsor Tony Avella

Impact 6 · Moderate0% to pass

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STATE OF NEW YORK

3237

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 27, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring interconnectable smoke detecting devices to be installed in certain residential buildings

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kerry Rose Fitzsimons fire safety act".

§ 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-b of section 378 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 96 and 506 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:

a. every one or two-family dwelling [or any] shall have installed an operable interconnectable smoke detecting device or devices. Any dwelling accommodation located in a building owned as a condominium or cooperative in the state used as a residence shall have installed an operable single station smoke detecting alarm device or devices,

§ 3. Section 372 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:

20. "Interconnectable smoke detecting device" or "interconnectable smoke detecting alarm device" means a battery operated or hard-wired smoke detecting alarm device that communicates with other such devices so that when one such device give warnings the other interconnectable smoke detecting alarm devices will also give warnings.

§ 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2028; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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