STATE OF NEW YORK
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3046--C
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 23, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, COONEY, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, JACKSON,
MARTINEZ, C. RYAN, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, TEDISCO -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Consumer Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer
Protection in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favor-
ably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Investi-
gations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
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. As used in this
4 section the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 (a) "adhesive-based rodent trap" shall mean any device that is
6 designed or is capable of being used to capture a rodent by means of an
7 adhesive substance, including devices commonly known as glue traps, glue
8 boards, and any similar rodent trap.
9 (b) "state-owned building" shall have the same meaning as provided in
10 section one hundred forty-five of this article.
11 (c) "state-leased building" shall have the same meaning as provided in
12 section one hundred forty-five of this article.
13 2. The use of adhesive-based rodent traps shall be prohibited in
14 state-owned or state-leased buildings.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2027 for state-owned
16 buildings and for new leases or renewals for state-leased buildings
17 entered into on or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00528-10-6
