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type: "Bill"
title: "Prevents occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease"
description: "Prevents occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease by implementing a model infectious disease exposure prevention standard and requiring employers to implement such model or a similar plan; provides that where an action brought by an employee under the provisions of this section, or a defense, counterclaim, or crossclaim brought by an employer in response thereto, is found upon judgment to be completely without merit in law and undertaken primarily to harass or maliciously injure another, the court may in its discretion impose sanctions against the attorney or party who brought such action, defense, counterclaim or crossclaim; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2681"
citation: "New York A 2681 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REYES"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee6717ad-e88c-4268-a44b-92d5687be4a1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2681"
source_hash: "f7d4354fc83c977eb776840939757a77d26f52ebe264ec885bedc8cc1ba2f363"
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 2681 (2021-2022) — Prevents occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease
Prevents occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease by implementing a model infectious disease exposure prevention standard and requiring employers to implement such model or a similar plan; provides that where an action brought by an employee under the provisions of this section, or a defense, counterclaim, or crossclaim brought by an employer in response thereto, is found upon judgment to be completely without merit in law and undertaken primarily to harass or maliciously injure another, the court may in its discretion impose sanctions against the attorney or party who brought such action, defense, counterclaim or crossclaim; makes related provisions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A2681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2681&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A2681A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2681A)
3. **A2681B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2681B)
## Votes
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **46–17** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **95–55** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- REYES — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- ANDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- BARNWELL — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BENEDETTO — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- BURGOS — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- CYMBROWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DURSO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- KIM — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LUNSFORD — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MAMDANI — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAN — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- PHEFFER AMATO — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- RAJKUMAR — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA J — cosponsor (person)
- RODRIGUEZ — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL D — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SEPTIMO — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** PRINT NUMBER 2681A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** PRINT NUMBER 2681B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED
- **2021-04-19** RULES REPORT CAL.61
- **2021-04-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.61
- **2021-04-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-04-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-19** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1034B
- **2021-04-20** 3RD READING CAL.119
- **2021-04-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-05** SIGNED CHAP.105 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** APPROVAL MEMO.7
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee6717ad-e88c-4268-a44b-92d5687be4a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).