---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the confidentiality of contact tracing information"
description: "Provides for the confidentiality of contact tracing information from the identification of individuals who have come in contact with an individual with a confirmed or probable diagnosis of novel coronavirus, COVID-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 10500"
citation: "New York A 10500 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-22"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa304787-9816-451b-a9cd-e0f51d1944fc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A10500"
source_hash: "474e098da65914a27fde4fffb9d5043df834cdb32f6f85bc30bf4902418c5318"
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 10500 (2019-2020) — Relates to the confidentiality of contact tracing information

Provides for the confidentiality of contact tracing information from the identification of individuals who have come in contact with an individual with a confirmed or probable diagnosis of novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10500&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A10500A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A10500A)
3. **A10500B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A10500B)
4. **A10500C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A10500C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-22** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 10500A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-10** PRINT NUMBER 10500B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 10500C `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED
- **2020-07-20** RULES REPORT CAL.208
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.208
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8450C
- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.908
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.377 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa304787-9816-451b-a9cd-e0f51d1944fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).