Senate BillPassed first house
S 8078: Requires openable windows in residential units to comply with certain mechanical ventilation standards.
What S 8078 does, verified September 28, 2025
Requires openable windows in residential units to comply with certain mechanical ventilation standards.
Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to housing (2025-06-10)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8078
- What is the current status of S 8078?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 8078 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on June 10, 2025, was "referred to housing".
- Did S 8078 pass?
- Not yet. S 8078 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote S 8078, and where is it now?
- S 8078 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
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| Jun. 10, 2025 | referred to housing |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jun. 04, 2025 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| May. 29, 2025 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 15, 2025 · 278 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8078 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the standards for openable windows in residential units The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 30 of the multiple dwelling law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for newly devel- 4 oped residential units, including those created through the conversion 5 of non-residential buildings to residential use, the requirement for 6 openable windows shall be deemed satisfied if the unit complies with the 7 mechanical ventilation standards set forth in ASHRAE Standard 62.1, 8 "Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality", or any successor stand- 9 ard, as amended or updated. Such standards must provide adequate indoor 10 air quality and airflow through mechanical ventilation systems in 11 accordance with the ASHRAE requirements. 12 (b) No local government or municipality shall enact or enforce any 13 law, code, or ordinance that imposes openable window requirements on 14 residential units developed in accordance with the ventilation standards 15 outlined in this subdivision. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11799-01-5
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