STATE OF NEW YORK
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8843
IN SENATE
January 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to fire-resistant materi-
al applicator training
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 155-a of the executive law is amended by adding two
2 new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
3 6. "Fire-resistant material" shall mean cementitious or fibrous mate-
4 rials that are sprayed onto a surface to provide fire-resistant
5 protection of the substrate.
6 7. "Fire-resistant material applicator" shall mean an individual who
7 applies fire-resistant material.
8 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 159-b to
9 read as follows:
10 § 159-b. Fire-resistant material applicators training. 1. The state
11 fire administrator shall develop and conduct a training program for
12 fire-resistant material applicators. The state fire administrator shall
13 promulgate rules and regulations including, but not limited to:
14 (a) Minimum courses of study, informed by manufacturer specifications,
15 and attendance and registration requirements for such training program;
16 and
17 (b) Requirements to be eligible and receive a certification upon
18 completion of such training program.
19 2. Every fire-resistant material applicator shall complete such train-
20 ing and obtain a certification.
21 3. Any person applying fire-resistant material who does not receive
22 the training and obtain a certification as required by subdivision two
23 of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars
24 for each violation.
25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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