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S 10371 NY

Establishes a committee to examine the state industrial code and recommend any changes that need to be made

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Introduced May 15, 2026

Latest action (May 15, 2026) REFERRED TO LABOR

Summary

This bill establishes an eleven-member joint committee on evaluating the state industrial code, with members representing labor unions, worker safety organizations, and appointed by state officials. The committee shall review Part 23 of the New York state industrial code as it pertains to construction, demolition, and excavation activities, and compare it against Occupational Safety and Health Administration, American National Standards Institute, and other nationally-recognized construction and safety standards. The committee must deliver a report by December 1, 2027, to the governor, commissioner of labor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and legislative minority leaders containing its findings and recommendations for any changes needed to the code. Committee members receive no compensation but are reimbursed for actual expenses, and the committee automatically expires 60 days after the report is transmitted.

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Official abstract

Establishes a committee to examine the state industrial code and recommend any changes that need to be made; requires a report to be sent to the governor, the commissioner, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the senate minority leader and assembly minority leader on any changes that need to be made to the state industrial code.

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  1. May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO LABOR · upper

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S10371 Summary: BILL NO S10371 &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR RHOADS &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add §45, Lab L &nbsp Establishes a committee to examine the state industrial code and recommend any changes that need to be made; requires a report to be sent to the governor, the commissioner, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the senate minority leader and assembly minority leader on any changes that need to be made to the state industrial code.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

10371

IN SENATE

May 15, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to creating a temporary committee on examining the New York state industrial code; and provid- ing 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:

1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 45 to read 2 as follows: 3 § 45. Joint committee for industrial code oversight. 1. There is here- 4 by established a joint committee on evaluating the state industrial 5 code. Such committee shall consist of eleven members one of whom shall 6 be a representative of the New York State Building and Construction 7 Trades; a representative from the New York State AFL-CIO; a represen- 8 tative from the New York City Central Labor Council; a representative 9 from the Laborers International Union of North America; a representative 10 from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; a member 11 appointed by the governor; a member appointed by the temporary president 12 of the senate; a member appointed by the senate minority leader; a 13 member appointed by the speaker of the assembly; a member appointed by 14 the assembly minority leader; and a non-voting chair appointed by the 15 commissioner. Members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of 16 the appointing authority. Members of the committee shall receive no 17 compensation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and 18 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant 19 to this section. 20 2. The committee established pursuant to this section shall conduct a 21 review of part twenty-three of the New York state industrial code as it 22 pertains to construction, demolition and excavation activities within 23 the state of New York; review Occupational Safety and Health Adminis- 24 tration, American National Standards Institute and other nationally-re- 25 cognized construction and safety standards to determine if any changes 26 recommended to such code should occur.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15879-01-6

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1 3. The committee shall make a report of the findings of its review, 2 including any recommendations for changes that should be made to the 3 state industrial code, including any recommendations for legislative 4 action as it may deem necessary and appropriate. Such report shall be 5 delivered to the governor, the commissioner, the temporary president of 6 the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the senate minority leader and 7 the assembly minority leader on or before December first, two thousand 8 twenty-seven. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section one 10 of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed 60 days after trans- 11 mission of the report of the findings and recommendations of the commit- 12 tee to the governor, the commissioner of the department of labor, the 13 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 14 senate minority leader and the assembly minority leader, as provided in 15 subdivision 3 of section one of this act. Provided, however, that the 16 commissioner of labor shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis- 17 sion upon the transmission of the report of the findings of the commit- 18 tee, as provided in subdivision 3 of section one of this act, in order 19 that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data 20 base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furth- 21 erance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative 22 law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

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