Bill Text: NY S07270 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits a government entity, its political subdivisions, agents or assigns from issuing regulations or guidance related to the COVID-19 virus without first getting approval from the state legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S07270 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S07270-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7270--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 30, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to prohibiting a government entity, its political subdivisions, agents or assigns from issuing regulations or guidance related to the COVID-19 virus without first getting approval from the state legislature The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. No government entity, or its political subdivisions, 2 agents, or assigns, shall be permitted to issue a regulation or guidance 3 that includes criminal or civil penalties related to the COVID-19 virus 4 without prior authorization from the state legislature. The legislature 5 may authorize a regulation or guidance by concurrent resolution. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11859-02-1
