Relates to the manufacturing of firearms; requires any firearm manufactured by a three-dimensional printer to contain a unique identifying number and to be registered with the state police.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires the Office of Victim Services to create specific procedures for notifying crime victims about the address confidentiality program. The program allows victims to keep their home addresses private to enhance safety. The notification must be part of standardized procedures used by police, sheriffs, and state police when interacting with victims. It directly affects individuals who are victims of crime in New York State. The law mandates this change to ensure victims are informed about available safety resources.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires employers in covered workplaces (primarily businesses delivering goods/services to consumers or businesses) to create written heat illness prevention plans. These plans must include specific protections like providing potable water below 59°F, paid rest breaks in cool areas, monitoring heat exposure, and emergency response procedures for heat-related injuries. Employers must also provide annual training for all employees on heat risks, symptoms, prevention methods, and reporting procedures, with materials in workers' languages. The law applies to all employers, including contractors and temp agencies, and aims to prevent heat-related illnesses through concrete workplace safety measures.
Maddy summaryThis bill (A 346) makes it illegal for people under 21 to possess rifles, shotguns, or other firearms defined in New York law, except for those with valid hunting licenses used according to environmental conservation rules. It specifically targets individuals aged 18-20 (who would face a violation charge) and those under 18 (who would be treated as juvenile delinquents for violations). The law amends existing penal code sections to add this new restriction, maintaining the existing hunting license exception. This directly affects young adults aged 18-20 who possess firearms without qualifying for the hunting exemption.
Relates to the proper venue for an impounding organization to file a petition for a security to be paid by the owner of a seized animal currently in the care of such organization.
Requires courts, prior to accepting a plea, to provide notice to the defendant that such plea and the acceptance thereof could result in deportation, removal from the United States, exclusion from the United States or denial of citizenship, if the defendant is not a citizen of the United States.
Requires fashion sellers to carry out environmental due diligence for the portions of their business related to wearing apparel, footwear or fashion bags, including wearing apparel, footwear or fashion bags produced as a private label; establishes a fashion remediation fund.
Expands the solar energy system equipment tax credit to cover solar energy system equipment installed in a community solar array; defines "community solar array" to mean a location other than a person's principal residence where solar energy system equipment is owned and installed for use in such person's principal residence.
Expands protections regarding violations of safety conditions in adult care facilities; provides penalties for safety violations and operating without a valid license; prohibits reductions in fines in certain circumstances where a patient is endangered or harmed.
Establishes the "reciprocal enforcement of claims on unpaid or reduced state entitlements act" which requires a report on delinquent funds owed to the state by the federal government as a result of the federal government's nonpayment in contravention of a court decision and the withholding and appropriation of federal funds in an amount equal to.
