---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires public employers to adopt a plan for operations in the event of a declared state disaster emergency involving a communicable disease"
description: "Requires public employers to adopt a plan for operations in the event of a declared state disaster emergency involving a communicable disease; establishes certain protocols necessary for responding to a declared state disaster emergency involving a communicable disease in an educational setting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 980"
citation: "New York A 980 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABBATE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e3b9a0-44cc-4820-b310-eb63917d3fe9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A980"
source_hash: "580ba65db307fc3eeb4ca141af23adc78611f3f4420adf5fcad54dd721c3dbfa"
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 980 (2021-2022) — Requires public employers to adopt a plan for operations in the event of a declared state disaster emergency involving a communicable disease

Requires public employers to adopt a plan for operations in the event of a declared state disaster emergency involving a communicable disease; establishes certain protocols necessary for responding to a declared state disaster emergency involving a communicable disease in an educational setting.

## Version chain

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

1. **A980** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A980&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ABBATE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED
- **2021-01-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.15
- **2021-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-25** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1295
- **2021-02-02** 3RD READING CAL.66
- **2021-02-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.30 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e3b9a0-44cc-4820-b310-eb63917d3fe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).