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S 680: Provides that any system for warning populations who are or may be endangered and for rapid and effective communication for any New York emergency alert notification shall occur within thirty minutes, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
What S 680 does, verified May 29, 2026
The bill aims to improve emergency public safety alert systems in New York. It requires the state to issue public safety alerts within thirty minutes of a disaster or state disaster emergency, using the New York Emergency Alert Notification System or "NY-Alert." The bill also establishes a specific plan for rapid and efficient communication during a disaster, including integration with municipal, private, and federal communication facilities. This plan should include assignment of responsibilities, communication priorities, and liaison with external facilities. The changes will take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-05-28)Alert me
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| May. 28, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| May. 28, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| May. 28, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| May. 04, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Apr. 29, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 303 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 680 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the timing of emergen- cy public safety alerts in the event of a disaster or state disaster emergency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs 3 and 5 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of 2 section 22 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part B of 3 chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows: 4 (3) a system for warning populations who are or may be endangered, 5 including the issuance of public safety alerts by the New York emergency 6 alert notification system or "NY-Alert" within thirty minutes of a 7 disaster or state disaster emergency, or as soon as practicable there- 8 after; 9 (5) a specific plan for rapid and efficient communication, including 10 the issuance of public safety alerts by the New York emergency alert 11 notification system or "NY-Alert" within thirty minutes of a disaster or 12 state disaster emergency, or as soon as practicable thereafter, and for 13 the integration of state communication facilities during a state disas- 14 ter emergency, including the assignment of responsibilities and the 15 establishment of communication priorities, and liaison with municipal, 16 private and federal communication facilities; 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02779-01-5
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