Bill Text: NY A01913 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes local governments, by local law, rule or executive order, to require performers, athletes, employees, attendees, and/or any other person or category of persons be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter a place of entertainment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-11 - enacting clause stricken [A01913 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01913-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1913

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to enact-
          ing  the "fairly applying individual requirements for vaccine mandates
          (FAIR Vaccine Mandates) act"

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

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act may be cited and shall be known as
     2  the "fairly applying individual requirements for vaccine mandates  (FAIR
     3  Vaccine Mandates) Act".
     4    §  2.  The  arts  and  cultural affairs law is amended by adding a new
     5  section 61.14 to read as follows:
     6    § 61.14. Equity of vaccine requirements in entertainment and the arts.
     7  A local government may, by local law, rule or executive  order,  require
     8  performers,  athletes,  employees, attendees, and/or any other person or
     9  category of persons be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter a  place  of
    10  entertainment,  provided such local government may not exempt any person
    11  from the vaccination requirements based upon a person's place  of  resi-
    12  dency  or  usual  employment.  As used in this section, "place of enter-
    13  tainment" means any privately or  publicly  owned  and  operated  enter-
    14  tainment  facility such as a theatre, stadium, arena, racetrack, museum,
    15  amusement park or other place where  performances,  concerts,  exhibits,
    16  athletic games or contests are held for which an entry fee is charged.
    17    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided that any local
    18  law, rule, or executive order requiring vaccination against COVID-19  to
    19  enter  a  place of entertainment in effect on the effective date of this
    20  act which local law, rule, or order does not comply with the  provisions
    21  of  this  act  shall remain in effect, but any person who was previously
    22  exempt from any such local law, rule, or executive order requirement due
    23  to their place of residency or  usual  employment  shall  no  longer  be
    24  exempt.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01359-01-3