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A 7437: Relates to building new one-family residential construction.
What A 7437 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve labor safety in new one-family residential construction projects. All contractors and owners, except those managing their own one- and two-family dwellings, are required to provide and erect scaffolding and other safety devices to protect workers. These devices must be constructed, placed, and operated to ensure proper protection for employees. The bill also requires compliance with specific safety requirements when constructing or demolishing buildings or doing excavating work. The new regulations will take effect 180 days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to labor (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7437
- What is the current status of A 7437?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7437 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 labor".
- Did A 7437 pass?
- Not yet. A 7437 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7437, and where is it now?
- A 7437 was authored by Asm. Stephen Hawley with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Labor.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to labor |
| Mar. 27, 2025 | referred to labor |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 27, 2025 · 379 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7437 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to contractors building new one-family residential construction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 240 of 2 the labor law, as amended by chapter 241 of the laws of 1981, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and 5 two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the 6 work and contractors building new one-family residential construction, 7 in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning or 8 pointing of a building or structure shall furnish or erect, or cause to 9 be furnished or erected for the performance of such labor, scaffolding, 10 hoists, stays, ladders, slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, braces, irons, 11 ropes, and other devices which shall be so constructed, placed and oper- 12 ated as to give proper protection to a person so employed. 13 § 2. The opening paragraph of section 241 of the labor law, as amended 14 by chapter 670 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows: 15 All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and 16 two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the 17 work and contractors building new one-family residential construction, 18 when constructing or demolishing buildings or doing any excavating in 19 connection therewith, shall comply with the following requirements: 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 21 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 22 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 23 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 24 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02560-01-5
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