Assembly Bill A9857

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the governor from establishing mask and face covering mandates and from issuing unilateral mandates affecting children

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A9857 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive

2021-A9857 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the governor from establishing mask and face covering mandates and from issuing unilateral mandates affecting children.

2021-A9857 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9857
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SCHMITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to prohibit the governor from establishing mask and face covering
   mandates and from issuing unilateral mandates affecting children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  governor shall not issue any new executive orders or
 direct the promulgation of any new rules, regulations, or  any  form  of
 guidance  requiring the wearing of a mask or face covering by any person
 in the state nor  shall  the  governor  issue  any  unilateral  mandates
 affecting  children.  For  the purposes of this section, "face covering"
 shall include, but not be limited to, cloth masks, surgical masks or N95
 respirators.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14914-01-2

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