---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires that COVID-19 contact tracers be representative of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the communities in which they serve to the greatest extent possible"
description: "Requires that COVID-19 contact tracers be representative of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the communities in which they serve to the greatest extent possible."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 10567"
citation: "New York A 10567 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-03"
last_action: "2020-11-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7fcbff7-e780-414e-82da-f1cf2a765d14"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A10567"
source_hash: "7e830c41c6f1f3e7aca0eea5a8fdc7353c52aba1d7f8004013b0a382c25fd0eb"
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 10567 (2019-2020) — Requires that COVID-19 contact tracers be representative of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the communities in which they serve to the greatest extent possible

Requires that COVID-19 contact tracers be representative of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the communities in which they serve to the greatest extent possible.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10567** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10567&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A10567A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A10567A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **56–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-20** PRINT NUMBER 10567A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED
- **2020-07-21** RULES REPORT CAL.273
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.273
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8829
- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.1028
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-11-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-27** SIGNED CHAP.294 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7fcbff7-e780-414e-82da-f1cf2a765d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).