STATE OF NEW YORK
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8776
IN SENATE
January 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting the
use of infant walkers in child care facilities; and to repeal section
399-kk of the general business law relating to prohibiting the sale of
infant walkers and restricting the use of such infant walkers in
certain settings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 399-kk of the general business law, as added by a
2 chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the general business law relating
3 to prohibiting the sale of infant walkers and restricting the use of
4 such infant walkers in certain settings, as proposed in legislative
5 bills numbers S. 123 and A. 268, is REPEALED.
6 § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 390-o
7 to read as follows:
8 § 390-o. Prohibit the use of infant walkers in child care facilities.
9 1. For the purposes of this section:
10 (a) "Infant walker" shall mean a mobile unit that enables a child to
11 move on a horizontal surface when propelled by the child sitting or
12 standing within the walker.
13 (b) "Child care facility" shall mean any child day care provider as
14 defined in section three hundred ninety of this title or child care
15 program as defined in article forty-seven of the New York city health
16 code as authorized by section five hundred fifty-eight of the New York
17 city charter.
18 2. (a) On or after the effective date of this section, no child care
19 facility shall use or have on the premises any infant walker.
20 (b) The office of children and family services, in consultation with
21 the city of New York department of health and mental hygiene, shall
22 notify child care facilities of the provisions of this subdivision in
23 plain, non-technical language. Such notice shall be given to every child
24 care facility upon the effective date of this section or as soon as
25 practicable thereafter, and such notice shall also be given to each
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 applicant for license or registration pursuant to section three hundred
2 ninety of this title and each applicant for a permit pursuant to article
3 forty-seven of the New York city health code.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
5 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the general business
6 law relating to prohibiting the sale of infant walkers and restricting
7 the use of such infant walkers in certain settings, as proposed in
8 legislative bills numbers S. 123 and A. 268, takes effect.
