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NYSAPLS Legislative Committee’s
NYSAPLS Legislative Committee’s

End of Session Report: 2023
End of Session Report: 2023

The 2023 New York State Legislative Session ended in early been around for many years but has never moved. While it does
June and is scheduled to reconvene in January 2024. This year not currently have a companion in the Senate, there has been
was the 1st year of the 2-year legislative session, therefore all one in the past. NYSAPLS has long supported this legislation and
bills will be reintroduced in January. During the 2023 legislative continues to do so.
session, approximately 14,916 bills were introduced, while only  A.5203/S.4481 (Assemblymember Shimsky and
839 of those were passed by both Senator Gallivan) – prohibits use of a drone within 1,000
houses of the legislature. NYSAPLS feet of a correctional facility where that
follows the status of over 100 drone is operated by a private
individual bills, however the individual; the bill would also
majority may never see establish a civil penalty of $1,000 for
any movement. the first offense and a misdemeanor
for each subsequent offense. This
2023 Bill Highlights bill, referred to the Assembly’s
 A.3089 Correction Committee and the
(Assemblymember Senate’s Crime Victims, Crime
Jodi Giglio) – requires and Corrections Committee has
every professional not moved in either house of
engineer, land surveyor the legislature. NYSAPLS
and professional supports this legislation as
geologist who finds a written.
structural defect, fault,
or other issue with  S.6281 (Senator
any type of structure Sepulveda) –
to report the issue to the municipality permits individuals
in which the structure is located within 48 enrolled in the federal
hours of discovering such issue. This bill deferred action for
childhood arrivals
has been referred to the Higher (DACA) program to
Education Committee in the Assembly apply for professional
but has not moved. NYSAPLS does not licenses in New York
support this legislation because it is State. This bill has been
not part of a land surveyors’ referred to the Senate
scope of practice to locate Higher Education
structural faults. We will continue Committee but has not
to monitor this legislation for moved. NYSAPLS has
progress but are encouraged to no objection to
see that, at this time, there is no companion bill in the Senate this legislation.
and the legislation has not moved.
 A.4464 (Assemblyman Epstein) – requires that, whenever
 A.4549(Assemblymember Pretlow) – creates a statute of there is a continuing education course offered through remote
limitations for actions against professional engineers, architects, means with a visual or auditory prompt for participants to
landscape architects, land surveyors and construction respond to as proof of attendance, people with disabilities shall
contractors, establishing a 10-year statute of repose for personal be given an adequate length of time to view and respond to
injury or wrongful death actions brought against those such prompt. The bill would also create a requirement that all
professions. The bill would also establish an accrual date as the remote programs for mandatory continuing education courses
date of completion of a project and allow for a one-year conform to the most recent guidelines for website content
extension of the statute of limitations in certain instances. This accessibility guidelines and imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for
bill, referred to the Assembly’s Higher Education Committee, has

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