---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to preventing occupational exposure to an airborne infectious diseases"
description: "Enacts chapter amendments to statutes requiring model standards for prevention of occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6768"
citation: "New York S 6768 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-14"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca345dd-5e8a-41b4-a7b5-51cc3cc718db"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6768"
source_hash: "27b0af28252996f40dcc22ad12a55f5e933a7b2f8ca0c19c13dd5adfa8a455dd"
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 S 6768 (2021-2022) — Relates to preventing occupational exposure to an airborne infectious diseases

Enacts chapter amendments to statutes requiring model standards for prevention of occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6768&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **120–29** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **48–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1305
- **2021-05-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7477
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.478
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.142 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ca345dd-5e8a-41b4-a7b5-51cc3cc718db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).