| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to health |
| Jan 11, 2023 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S1263
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 57th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 51st Senate District
(R) 1st Senate District
2023-S1263 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
-
S7269
2023-S1263 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1263
SPONSOR: BORRELLO
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to prohibit a government entity, its political subdivisions,
agents or assigns from requiring individuals to wear face coverings or
face masks
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that with the Governor ending his
emergency powers, a government entity could no longer require individ-
uals to wear facemasks related to the COVID-19 virus.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, guid-
ance, or executive order to the contrary, no government entity, or its
political subdivisions, agents, or assigns, shall be permitted to
require, as a condition of receiving any service or entering any place,
an individual to wear a face covering or face mask when such purpose for
2023-S1263 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1263
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 11, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sens. BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to prohibit a government entity, its political subdivisions,
agents or assigns from requiring individuals to wear face coverings or
face masks
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation,
guidance or executive order to the contrary, no government entity, or
its political subdivisions, agents, or assigns, shall be permitted to
require, as a condition of receiving any service or entering any place,
an individual to wear a face covering or face mask when such purpose for
wearing the covering or mask is related to the COVID-19 virus.
2. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a private entity from requiring,
as a condition of receiving any service or entering any place, an indi-
vidual to wear a face covering or face mask.
3. Nothing in this act shall limit the ability of a nursing home,
long-term care facility or hospital to require an individual entering
such facility from wearing a face covering or face mask.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03959-01-3
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