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NY S05729
Bill
Status
6/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Peter Harckham
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AI Summary
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Adds "hazardous air quality" to the state definition of "disaster" under the executive law, alongside existing triggers like fire, flood, epidemic, and air contamination
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Requires local comprehensive emergency management plans to include an action plan for responding to air quality emergencies
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Mandates municipalities maintain an annual inventory of air quality emergency resources
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Changes terminology in the disaster definition from "man-made" to "human-made" causes
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster; requires explicit inclusion of air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans with an action plan and annual inventory of air quality emergency resources.
Last Action
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
1/7/2026