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Senate Bill S8322

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting denial of entry to a public place or denial of service solely on the basis of wearing a mask in public during an epidemic or a pandemic

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2019-S8322 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3600
2023-2024: S1934

2019-S8322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits denial of entry to a public place or denial of service solely on the basis of wearing a mask in public during an epidemic or a pandemic.

2019-S8322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8322
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting denial  of
   entry  to  a  public place or denial of service solely on the basis of
   wearing a mask in public during an epidemic or a pandemic

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  296  of the executive law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
   (I) FOR  ANY  PERSON,  AGENCY,  BUREAU,  CORPORATION  OR  ASSOCIATION,
 INCLUDING  THE  STATE  AND  ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, TO DENY A
 PERSON ENTRY TO A PUBLIC PLACE OR DENY A PERSON SERVICE  SOLELY  ON  THE
 BASIS  OF  WEARING  A  MASK  IN  PUBLIC  DURING A STATE EMERGENCY FOR AN
 EPIDEMIC OR A PANDEMIC.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16272-01-0

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