Requires operational safety plans to require employees to check in before taking action at an incident location; directs the office to make efforts to provide…

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Requires operational safety plans to require employees to check in before taking action at an incident location; directs the office to make efforts to provide employees with operational safety plans

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Latest action Feb 13, 2026

Provides that an operational safety plan developed by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation shall require that any employee check in with the incident commander or safety officer for incident specific procedures prior to taking any action at the incident location; provides that when deployment occurs in coordination with one or more other entities, and the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation is not the lead response agency, the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that employees are provided with the incident specific operational safety plan developed by the lead agency and/or incident commander.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A9517, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law.

Committee

Rules · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Rules · New York State Senate, Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to L.2025, C.638.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJan 20, 2026Result: passed
(56) (1) (0) (4)
Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesJan 12, 2026Result: passed
(20) (0) (0) (0)

The sponsor's argument

Why José M. Serrano says this is needed

This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Feb 13, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Senate
Feb 13, 2026
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.48
NY Senate
Jan 21, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading Rules CAL.59
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.59
NY Assembly
Jan 21, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 21, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly

Show full history (7 earlier events)

Jan 21, 2026
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR A9517
NY Assembly
Jan 20, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jan 20, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jan 20, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Jan 14, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Jan 12, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.17
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.17
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate

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