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A7279 • 2025

Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide

Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Ron Kim
Last action
2026-05-05
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide

Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide that identifies walking and hiking opportunities for active seniors within the state park system and along public non-motorized multi-use trails within the state.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide that identifies walking and hiking opportunities for active seniors within the state park system and along public non-motorized multi-use trails within the state.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-05 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  2. 2026-05-05 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  3. 2026-05-05 Senate

    REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

  4. 2026-03-09 Assembly

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7279A

  5. 2026-01-07 Senate

    DIED IN SENATE

  6. 2026-01-07 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.186

  8. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  9. 2025-04-01 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  10. 2025-04-01 Senate

    REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

  11. 2025-03-27 Assembly

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.81

  12. 2025-03-25 Assembly

    REPORTED

  13. 2025-03-21 Assembly

    REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide
Relates to the development and posting of a senior trail guide that identifies walking and hiking opportunities for active seniors within the state park system and along public non-motorized multi-use trails within the state.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          7279

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     March 21, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
          relation to the development and posting of a senior trail  guide  that
          identifies  walking and hiking opportunities for active seniors within
          the state park system and along public non-motorized multi-use  trails
          within the state

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

     1    Section 1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic  preser-
     2  vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
     3    24.  SHALL  DEVELOP  AND POST ON ITS WEBSITE A SENIOR TRAIL GUIDE THAT
     4  IDENTIFIES WALKING AND HIKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR  ACTIVE  SENIORS  WITHIN
     5  THE  STATE  PARK  SYSTEM AND ALONG PUBLIC NON-MOTORIZED MULTI-USE TRAILS
     6  WITHIN THE STATE. SUCH GUIDE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: IDEN-
     7  TIFICATION OF LOW IMPACT TRAILS AND ROUTES APPROPRIATELY ACCESSIBLE  FOR
     8  PATRONS  AGED  SIXTY-TWO  YEARS AND OLDER; LISTING OF ANY IMPEDIMENTS TO
     9  MOBILITY ALONG SUCH IDENTIFIED TRAILS OR ROUTES SUCH AS STEEP  INCLINES,
    10  DECLINES,  OR UNEVEN TERRAIN; AND IDENTIFICATION OF CORRESPONDING ACTIV-
    11  ITIES OR AMENITIES ALONG OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SUCH TRAILS AND ROUTES
    12  SUCH AS THE LOCATION OF BIRDING AREAS OR  GEOLOGICALLY  OR  HISTORICALLY
    13  SIGNIFICANT  SITES.  THE OFFICE SHALL UPDATE THE SENIOR TRAIL GUIDE FROM
    14  TIME TO TIME.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    16  it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04453-01-5