S 8499 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the Legionnaires' disease prevention act

Summary

Requires the department of environmental conservation and the department of health, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of buildings to take actions to prevent and control waterborne pathogens including legionella from source-to-tap.

Issues: ✓ Environment ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Sep 5, 2025 Last action May 11, 2026

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S8499 → S8499A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add four new sponsors and recommit the legislation to the Committee on Health for further review. Substantive changes include extending the deadline for the Department of Environmental Conservation to adopt new regulations from one year to eighteen months after the bill's effective date. Additionally, the requirement for systems using monochloramine to maintain a disinfectant residual was clarified to specify a minimum of one milligram per liter, while free chlorine systems must maintain at least 0.5 milligrams per liter.

Scope change

The bill's scope of sponsors was expanded to include four additional senators, and the legislative process was altered to include a recommitment to the Committee on Health.

ELIGIBILITY

Four additional senators (Brisport, Fernandez, Gonzalez, Jackson, Persaud, Salazar) were added as sponsors of the bill.

TIMELINE

The deadline for the Department of Environmental Conservation to adopt new rules and regulations was extended from one year to eighteen months after the effective date.

REQUIREMENT

The disinfectant residual requirement for public water systems using monochloramine was explicitly set to at least one milligram per liter, while free chlorine systems must maintain at least 0.5 milligrams per liter.

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Amendments

May 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8499A

upper

May 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

upper

Sep 5, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO RULES

upper

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors