republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-2987.md

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Bill	Declares racism a public health crisis and establishes a working group to promote racial equity throughout the state	Declares racism a public health crisis; establishes a working group within the department of health to promote racial equity throughout the state and address issues related to racism as a public health crisis.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 2987	New York S 2987 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	PARKER	2	15	3	2021-01-26	2021-12-22	openstates	ocd-bill/097038ac-b8bc-459a-b24e-c4f1a2ed0f9a	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2987	ac06cf369e8a170f3ffadbcf96609a39fdf2e5588a29753e88c970f70f1599c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 2987 (2021-2022) — Declares racism a public health crisis and establishes a working group to promote racial equity throughout the state

Declares racism a public health crisis; establishes a working group within the department of health to promote racial equity throughout the state and address issues related to racism as a public health crisis.

Version chain

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

1. S2987 (committee substitute) — source
2. S2987A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Health Vote - Version: A — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 48–15 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 110–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• PARKER — primary (person)
• MAY — cosponsor (person)
• MYRIE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 REFERRED TO HEALTH referral-committee
• 2021-04-02 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-02 PRINT NUMBER 2987A amendment-passage
• 2021-04-19 1ST REPORT CAL.661
• 2021-04-20 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2021-04-21 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2021-05-05 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-05-05 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-05-05 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 SUBSTITUTED FOR A5679A
• 2021-06-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.565
• 2021-06-10 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-06-10 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2021-12-10 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-12-22 SIGNED CHAP.775 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/097038ac-b8bc-459a-b24e-c4f1a2ed0f9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).