---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorized absences by healthcare professionals who volunteer to fight the Ebola virus overseas; extends effectiveness"
description: "Relates to authorized absences by healthcare professionals who volunteer to fight the Ebola virus overseas; extends effectiveness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 11020"
citation: "New York A 11020 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-31"
last_action: "2018-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e2a928-6af7-4573-99b0-ef60e5bff8c1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A11020"
source_hash: "a269c0a1c9ce2558a2ddd9b87f0a0ea6406dfe85f11d1570049a6ad828cc01bd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 11020 (2017-2018) — Relates to authorized absences by healthcare professionals who volunteer to fight the Ebola virus overseas; extends effectiveness

Relates to authorized absences by healthcare professionals who volunteer to fight the Ebola virus overseas; extends effectiveness.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A11020 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A11020&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A11020 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A11020)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-31** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** REPORTED
- **2018-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.78
- **2018-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.78
- **2018-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8757
- **2018-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1969
- **2018-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-10-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-05** SIGNED CHAP.330 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7e2a928-6af7-4573-99b0-ef60e5bff8c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).