Bill Commons

NY S 9741

in committee

Enacts the "bird safe buildings act"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9741 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9741 is in committee as of 2026-05-12 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-12): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 9741 about?

Enacts the "bird safe buildings act" directing the commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain state-owned or state-leased buildings, and for other purposes; requires the commissioner to develop a design guide that includes features, methods and strategies, and best practices for reducing bird fatalities.

Who sponsors NY S 9741?

Brian Kavanagh is the primary sponsor of NY S 9741.

Description

Enacts the "bird safe buildings act" directing the commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain state-owned or state-leased buildings, and for other purposes; requires the commissioner to develop a design guide that includes features, methods and strategies, and best practices for reducing bird fatalities.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-05-12 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Brian Kavanaghprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-02

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-07

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-07

    PRINT NUMBER 9741A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-05-12

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A

    2026-05-12 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7098not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3658not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 3180

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9741?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 9741. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.