STATE OF NEW YORK
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10189
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. KAY, BORES, BURDICK, ROSENTHAL, SHIMSKY -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to prohibiting the
use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased
buildings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
2 148 to read as follows:
3 § 148. Adhesive-based rodent traps; prohibition. 1. For the purposes
4 of this section, "adhesive-based trap" shall mean any device that is
5 designed or is capable of being used to capture a rodent by means of an
6 adhesive substance, including devices commonly known as glue traps, glue
7 boards, and any similar rodent trap.
8 2. Beginning one year after the effective date of this section and
9 thereafter, no adhesive-based trap shall be set, placed or used to
10 capture or destroy a rat, mouse or other rodent in any state-owned or
11 state-leased building.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00528-06-6
