Bill Commons

NY S 249

in committee

Relates to fines for false alarms by an alarm system

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 249 pass?

Not yet. NY S 249 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-02-03): RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

What is NY S 249 about?

Relates to fines for false alarms by an alarm system; allows a municipality to enact, adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution or regulation requiring any alarm system company to pay for or be responsible for any fines, fees or other penalties relative to false alarms only when the false alarm is attributed to a deficiency in the alarm system or an error of the alarm system company or central station.

Who sponsors NY S 249?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 249, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to fines for false alarms by an alarm system; allows a municipality to enact, adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution or regulation requiring any alarm system company to pay for or be responsible for any fines, fees or other penalties relative to false alarms only when the false alarm is attributed to a deficiency in the alarm system or an error of the alarm system company or central station.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-02-03 — RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Bill type
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Sponsors

  • James Skoufisprimary
  • Jeremy Cooneycosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-02-03

    RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

  2. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6633not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5202not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 3343

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S249?summary=&detail=

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