---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the minimum age for certain lifeguards"
description: "Provides that lifeguards at swimming pools, bathing beaches, and children's camps may be a minimum of fifteen years of age if directly supervised."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5821"
citation: "New York A 5821 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Lavine"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/205f349f-dd7e-4c51-844a-498de0bf36ee"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5821"
source_hash: "153cdc5815d8df1a2c53cc6f0054818921ed586a69a805e68a5359286a8fd127"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 5821 (2023-2024) — Relates to the minimum age for certain lifeguards

Provides that lifeguards at swimming pools, bathing beaches, and children's camps may be a minimum of fifteen years of age if directly supervised.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A5821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5821&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A5821A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5821A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **56–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Lavine — primary (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 5821A `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.254
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.254
- **2023-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-24** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6467A
- **2023-05-31** 3RD READING CAL.1328
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.148 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/205f349f-dd7e-4c51-844a-498de0bf36ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).