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Bill	Requires public employers to adopt a plan for operations in the event of a declared public health emergency involving a communicable disease	Requires public employers to adopt a plan for operations in the event of a declared public health emergency involving a communicable disease which shall include identification of essential personnel, needed personal protective equipment, staggering work shifts and providing necessary technology for telecommuting.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 8617	New York S 8617 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	GOUNARDES	3	19	5	2020-06-22	2020-09-07	openstates	ocd-bill/d6f68656-aaac-4fb8-a17a-044768ab6cd8	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8617	0893d7916777da237930bf4cfe7626a2c488a7e7b9dd2462b0e0ae4230f028a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 8617 (2019-2020) — Requires public employers to adopt a plan for operations in the event of a declared public health emergency involving a communicable disease

Requires public employers to adopt a plan for operations in the event of a declared public health emergency involving a communicable disease which shall include identification of essential personnel, needed personal protective equipment, staggering work shifts and providing necessary technology for telecommuting.

Version chain

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

1. S8617 (committee substitute) — source
2. S8617A (committee substitute) — source
3. S8617B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Vote - Version: B — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: B — 58–2 (pass) · upper
• Labor Vote - Version: A — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 141–0 (pass) · lower
• Finance Vote - Version: B — 22–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• GOUNARDES — primary (person)
• BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
• GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
• HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
• KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
• LIU — cosponsor (person)
• MAY — cosponsor (person)
• MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
• RAMOS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-22 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-07-13 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO LABOR referral-committee
• 2020-07-15 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-07-15 PRINT NUMBER 8617A amendment-passage
• 2020-07-17 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-07-17 PRINT NUMBER 8617B amendment-passage
• 2020-07-20 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE referral-committee
• 2020-07-21 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-07-22 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.930
• 2020-07-23 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-07-23 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-07-23 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2020-07-23 SUBSTITUTED FOR A10832
• 2020-07-23 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.349
• 2020-07-23 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-23 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-09-07 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-09-07 SIGNED CHAP.168 executive-signature
• 2020-09-07 APPROVAL MEMO.7

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6f68656-aaac-4fb8-a17a-044768ab6cd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).