---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to increasing membership on the state fire prevention and building code council"
description: "Increases membership on the state fire prevention and building code council to include the commissioner of agriculture and markets; amends the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 596"
citation: "New York A 596 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie Woerner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-01-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ffb2602-3933-4e36-a32d-f1ef701aabf2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A596"
source_hash: "8222a33ce1621df5da9608b76225e644411e9f00d045217a539d910742e13a57"
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 596 (2025-2026) — Relates to increasing membership on the state fire prevention and building code council

Increases membership on the state fire prevention and building code council to include the commissioner of agriculture and markets; amends the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A596&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrie Woerner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** REPORTED
- **2025-01-13** RULES REPORT CAL.3
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.3
- **2025-01-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S779
- **2025-01-14** 3RD READING CAL.53
- **2025-01-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-01-27** SIGNED CHAP.4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ffb2602-3933-4e36-a32d-f1ef701aabf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).