Senate Bill S3020

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization requirements

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S3020 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2164, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7202
2021-2022: S3659
2023-2024: S1484

2025-S3020 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization requirements.

2025-S3020 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3020
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to exempting  private
   and  parochial schools and day care centers from immunization require-
   ments

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2164 of the public
 health law, as amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   a. The term "school" means and includes any public[, private or  paro-
 chial  child  caring  center,  day  nursery,  day  care  agency, nursery
 school,] PRE-KINDERGARTEN,  kindergarten,  elementary,  intermediate  or
 secondary school.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06923-01-5

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