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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8499: Enacts the Legionnaires' disease prevention act

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 8499 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on September 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the Legionnaires' disease prevention act. Primary sponsor: Cordell Cleare (Democratic). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 11, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 8499A.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cordell ClearePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Roxanne PersaudCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 8499A
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  3. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  4. REFERRED TO RULES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source