Senate BillPassed first house
S 9441: Requires landlords of non-owner occupied, one-six family dwellings in the city of New York to provide fire extinguishers in all rented apartments; authorizes the promulgation of standards related thereto.
What S 9441 does, verified August 13, 2026
The proposed law requires cities with a population of one million or more to install an operable fire extinguisher in every living unit not occupied by the owner in buildings with multiple dwellings. This includes various types of apartments, hotels, and other dwellings. The fire extinguishers must meet state fire prevention and building code standards. The law aims to improve fire safety in these types of buildings. The law will take effect on January 1st of the following year after it becomes law.
Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to housing (2026-06-04)Alert me
Quick answers about S 9441
- What is the current status of S 9441?
- As of August 13, 2026, S 9441 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 4, 2026, was "referred to housing".
- Did S 9441 pass?
- Not yet. S 9441 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 9441, and where is it now?
- S 9441 was authored by Sen. Stephen Chan with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Housing.
Author and sponsors
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| Jun. 04, 2026 | referred to housing |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1745 |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 12, 2026 · 362 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9441 IN SENATE March 12, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CHAN -- 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 requiring fire extinguishers in certain rented dwellings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new 2 section 69 to read as follows: 3 § 69. Fire extinguishers required in certain dwellings. In a city with 4 a population of one million or more, standards for installation of fire 5 extinguishers requiring that every living unit not occupied by the owner 6 of such living unit, which shall include but not be limited to, a one- 7 six family dwelling, or any dwelling accommodation located in a building 8 owned as a condominium or cooperative in the state or any multiple 9 dwellings shall have installed an operable fire extinguisher of such 10 manufacture, design and installation standards as are established by the 11 state fire prevention and building code council. For purposes of this 12 section, multiple dwelling means a dwelling which is either rented or 13 leased to be occupied, or is occupied as the temporary or permanent 14 residence or home of one or more families living independently of each 15 other, including but not limited to the following: a tenement, flat 16 house, maisonette apartment, apartment house, apartment hotel, tourist 17 house, bachelor apartment, studio apartment, duplex apartment, kitchen- 18 ette apartment, hotel, lodging house, rooming house, boarding house, 19 boarding and nursery school, furnished room house, club, sorority house, 20 fraternity house, college and school dormitory, convalescent, old age or 21 nursing homes or residences. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 23 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15145-01-6
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