What's happening
This bill directs SUNY and CUNY trustees to review and revise campus fire safety measures and report findings to state leaders.
Why it matters
Strengthens campus safety accountability. By requiring SUNY and CUNY trustees to review and update fire safety measures based on a prior statewide task force report, the bill ensures that fire prevention protocols are current and reflect any new risks or advancements.
Targets student housing risks. The review and reporting specifically focus on residential facilities, acknowledging that students living on campus may face unique fire safety challenges and that their protection requires ongoing attention.
Informs legislative action. By mandating that findings and legislative recommendations be sent to key state leaders, the bill creates a pathway for future policy changes or funding to address identified gaps in campus fire safety.
Promotes transparency and oversight. The requirement for a formal report to be delivered by a set deadline increases public and legislative oversight of how SUNY and CUNY safeguard student welfare in their housing facilities.
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Update Campus Fire Safety Report
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History
- Referred to higher education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.2031
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to higher education
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to higher education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
- Ordered to third reading cal.1398
Show 4 earlier actions
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 1518a
- Amend and recommit to higher education
- Referred to higher education
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.
Update Campus Fire Safety Report
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Michael DenDekker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1518--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2017
Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT authorizing and directing the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY to review and revise the report of the New York State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety issued in July 2000
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The board of trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees of the city university of New York are authorized and directed to report on the extent of fire detection and suppression systems within residential facilities within the state and city university systems provided or maintained in response to the New York State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety issued in July 2000.
§ 2. On or before December 1, 2018, the director of the board of trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees of the city university of New York shall deliver a copy of the revised report and the findings of the review conducted pursuant to section one of this act and any legislative recommendations they deem to be necessary to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
§ 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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Title of bill
An act authorizing and directing the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY to review and revise the report of the New York State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety issued in July 2000
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to direct the board of trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees of the city university of New York to review the report on campus fire safety produced in July 2000 and to update sections pertaining to the extent and adequacy of fire suppression and detection systems within the state and university systems.
Justification
The New York State Governor's Task Force on Campus Fire Safety report incorporated short-term steps and long-terms steps for addressing the fire safety issues examined by the task force. The task force came to conclusions pertaining to fire suppression and detection systems on campus residential structures that stated that all newly-constructed college residential structures should be equipped with a full sprinkler system and that a phased retrofit program should be established to install sprinkler systems in all areas of existing campus residential structures during significant rehabilitation. This new legislation would allow the boards of trustees to review the report and attain information on whether the steps and recommendations such as the one stated above were followed.
Prior legislative history
2015-16: S6535 (Avella); A4092 referred to Higher Education; 2014: S6835 (Robach); A6884 referred to Higher Education.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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