A00054 Summary:

BILL NOA00054B
 
SAME ASSAME AS S03046-B
 
SPONSOREpstein
 
COSPNSRGallagher, Levenberg, Rosenthal, Mamdani, Bores, Simon, Hevesi, Burdick, Conrad, Gonzalez-Rojas, Kay, Romero, Lupardo, Shimsky
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §148, Pub Bldg L
 
Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings.
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A00054 Actions:

BILL NOA00054B
 
01/08/2025referred to economic development
04/30/2025amend (t) and recommit to economic development
04/30/2025print number 54a
05/20/2025amend (t) and recommit to economic development
05/20/2025print number 54b
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A00054 Committee Votes:

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A00054 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A00054 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A54B
 
SPONSOR: Epstein
  TITLE OF BILL: 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 build- ings   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 provides definitions and prohibits the use of adhesive based traps in state owned or leased buildings Section 2 provides the effective date   JUSTIFICATION: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends against the use of glue traps, since rodents who are caught in them are likely to urinate, defecate, or bleed which may contain germs that expose humans to diseases. By discontinuing their use in state-owned or leased build- ings we lower the risk to state employees of contracting zoonotic diseases transmitted by rodents like hantavirus and leptospirosis, which can be fatal in humans. Dozens of businesses and government agencies have already stopped using glue traps because they are unsanitary and dangerous to humans. For example: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the NYPD, State University of New York at New Paltz, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, University at Albany, State University of New York, GAP, Old Navy, Home Depot, Family Dollar. Glue traps have been proven to be less effective than other methods of rodent capture, like snap trapping. A study conducted by the University of Nebraska found that snap traps captured a total of 54 mice per 96 traps for a total capture rate of 56.2% while glue traps captured four mice for a total capture rate of 8.3%. Glue traps are also often exposed to dust, humidity, and temperature changes, rendering the adhesive inef- fective. Glue traps are an outdated, less effective, and potentially harmful form of pest control. There are better alternatives that are as or more economical. For the reasons, glue traps should no longer be used in state-owned or leased property.   FISCAL IMPACT : To be determined.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 23-24 A04785A/S 6314-A died in economic development / DIED IN CONSUMER PROTECTION 2021-22: S9533
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A00054 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          54--B
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, GALLAGHER, LEVENBERG, ROSENTHAL, MAMDA-
          NI, BORES, SIMON, HEVESI, BURDICK, CONRAD, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KAY,  ROME-
          RO,  LUPARDO,  SHIMSKY  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
          Economic Development -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
          amended on third reading, ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  on
          the order of third reading
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD00528-04-5
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