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A 5823: Requires that the state system for warning populations who are or may be endangered includes audible alerts for all announcements to ensure that information is accessible to visually impaired individuals.
What A 5823 does, verified April 14, 2026
The proposed law aims to ensure public safety announcements are accessible to visually impaired individuals. It requires a system for warning populations who are or may be endangered to include audible alerts for all announcements. This ensures that information is accessible to visually impaired individuals through audible alerts. The law will take effect on the 90th day after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5823
- What is the current status of A 5823?
- As of April 14, 2026, A 5823 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did A 5823 pass?
- Not yet. A 5823 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5823, and where is it now?
- A 5823 was authored by Asm. Erik Dilan with 7 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Feb. 20, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 20, 2025 · 192 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5823 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to ensuring public safety announcements are accessible to visually impaired individuals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 2 22 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 56 3 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 4 (3) a system for warning populations who are or may be endangered, 5 such system shall include audible alerts for all announcements to ensure 6 that information is accessible to visually impaired individuals; 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 8 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09840-01-5
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