---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes standards for the evacuation of individuals with disabilities from high-rise buildings during an emergency"
description: "Establishes standards for the evacuation of individuals with disabilities from high-rise buildings during an emergency; provides factors to be considered in the development of such standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8028"
citation: "New York S 8028 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Stewart-Cousins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a90eec2-b7dd-4b70-951f-80fb6f92c61d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8028"
source_hash: "ceb86234f72eb73c6b27ef3f5d560116d0644b9cc67270c5909842975e6aa98b"
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 S 8028 (2023-2024) — Establishes standards for the evacuation of individuals with disabilities from high-rise buildings during an emergency

Establishes standards for the evacuation of individuals with disabilities from high-rise buildings during an emergency; provides factors to be considered in the development of such standards.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8028&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrea Stewart-Cousins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.30
- **2024-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-23** REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8483
- **2024-01-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.270
- **2024-01-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.67 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a90eec2-b7dd-4b70-951f-80fb6f92c61d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).