S 1349 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires school districts to provide information regarding water safety to parents or students upon enrollment

S 1349 requires all public school districts to provide parents or guardians with information about drowning prevention, water safety, and healthy swimming practices when a student enrolls. For students aged 18 or older, the information must be given directly to them. School districts must make this information available electronically or in paper form, and provide translations into 12 common non-English languages upon request. The health commissioner will develop the materials, which must also be published on school websites in an accessible location. This applies to all students entering school districts starting in the 2026-2027 school year.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Sep 2025

Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Signed Sep 26, 2025

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What changed between versions

S1349B → S1349C · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to simplify its focus from requiring water safety and swimming certification information to a broader requirement for drowning prevention and water safety information. The amendment also streamlined the legislative process by adding a co-sponsor and adjusted the effective date for the public health law section.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed from requiring specific swimming certification information to general water safety and drowning prevention information, making the requirement more flexible and less prescriptive.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the requirement from providing information about water safety and swimming certification to providing information on drowning prevention, water safety, and safe swimming practices.

Removed the specific requirement to provide a website address to an online database of swimming options, replacing it with a mandate for the health commissioner to produce and update information.

Added requirement for translation of information into the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state.

ELIGIBILITY

Added provision that information must be provided to students aged 18 or older directly, rather than only through parents or guardians.

TIMELINE

Simplified the effective date provision for the public health law section, removing the complex reference to a previous chapter.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · Assembly Jun 16, 2025

How they voted

56–1

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 62

May 22, 2025

D Democratic40

37 Yea 3

92% Yea

R Republican22

19 Yea 1 Nay 2

86% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Sep 26, 2025

Signed into law

SIGNED CHAP.419

upper

Jun 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED ASSEMBLY

lower

Jun 12, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Jun 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

REPASSED SENATE

upper

Jun 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 1349C

upper

Jun 4, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

Jun 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

REPASSED SENATE

upper

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 1349B

upper

May 22, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 1349A

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

upper

Jan 9, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors