A10189 • 2025

Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Paula Kay
Last action: 2026-05-20
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings

Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings.

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Bill History

2026-05-20 Assembly
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 10189A
2026-05-19 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
2026-02-12 Assembly
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings
Prohibits the use of adhesive-based rodent traps in state-owned or state-leased buildings.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10189

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    February 12, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. KAY, BORES, BURDICK, ROSENTHAL, SHIMSKY -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development

        AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to prohibiting the
          use of adhesive-based rodent  traps  in  state-owned  or  state-leased
          buildings

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
     2  148 to read as follows:
     3    § 148. ADHESIVE-BASED RODENT TRAPS; PROHIBITION. 1. FOR  THE  PURPOSES
     4  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "ADHESIVE-BASED  TRAP" SHALL MEAN ANY DEVICE THAT IS
     5  DESIGNED OR IS CAPABLE OF BEING USED TO CAPTURE A RODENT BY MEANS OF  AN
     6  ADHESIVE SUBSTANCE, INCLUDING DEVICES COMMONLY KNOWN AS GLUE TRAPS, GLUE
     7  BOARDS, AND ANY SIMILAR RODENT TRAP.
     8    2.  BEGINNING  ONE  YEAR  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND
     9  THEREAFTER, NO ADHESIVE-BASED TRAP SHALL  BE  SET,  PLACED  OR  USED  TO
    10  CAPTURE  OR  DESTROY  A RAT, MOUSE OR OTHER RODENT IN ANY STATE-OWNED OR
    11  STATE-LEASED BUILDING.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    13  have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00528-06-6