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S 5020: Relates to requiring building condition surveys to be conducted on public school buildings constructed prior to 1950 every other year and a visual inspection in alternate years.
What S 5020 does, verified January 11, 2026
The bill requires building condition surveys of public school buildings constructed before 1950 to be undertaken every other year. A visual inspection is to be conducted in years when no survey is conducted. This requirement overrides any other laws, rules, or regulations that may conflict with it. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5020
- What is the current status of S 5020?
- As of January 11, 2026, S 5020 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 EDUCATION".
- Did S 5020 pass?
- Not yet. S 5020 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5020, and where is it now?
- S 5020 was authored by Sen. Luis Sepúlveda. Its committee of record is Senate Education.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
| Feb. 18, 2025 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 18, 2025 · 185 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5020 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to building condition survey services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3641 of the education law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows: 3 d. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, 4 building condition surveys of public school buildings constructed prior 5 to the year nineteen hundred fifty shall be undertaken every other year 6 and a visual inspection shall be conducted in years in which no building 7 condition survey is conducted for the building. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09729-01-5
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