Bill Text: NY S01564 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1564

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits state agencies from promulgating rules, regulations or any form of guidance requiring individuals under the age of eighteen who are not exhibiting COVID-19 related symptoms, as defined by the centers for disease control and prevention, to wear a mask or face covering in a public place or while participating in any recreational or organized sporting activity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S01564 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01564-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1564

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, BORRELLO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, ORTT, WEIK --
          read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  prohibiting  certain
          COVID-19 mask and face covering mandates by state agencies

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  170-g
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  170-g.  COVID-19 mask and face covering mandate. 1. No state agency
     4  shall promulgate rules, regulations or any form  of  guidance  requiring
     5  individuals  under  the  age of eighteen who are not exhibiting COVID-19
     6  related symptoms, as defined by the  centers  for  disease  control  and
     7  prevention,  to  wear a mask or face covering in a public place or while
     8  participating in any recreational or organized sporting activity.
     9    2. For the purposes of this section:
    10    (a) "state  agency"  shall  mean  any  executive  department,  bureau,
    11  commission, agency, board or other agency, any public authority, and the
    12  judiciary and the legislature.
    13    (b) "face-covering" shall include, but not be limited to, cloth masks,
    14  surgical masks or N95 respirators.
    15    (c)  "public  place" shall not include facilities established pursuant
    16  to article twenty-eight of the public health law or private health  care
    17  facilities.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05644-01-3