New York Senate Bill S01225 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1225 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi- gations and Government Operations AN ACT in relation to prohibiting a government entity, its political subdivisions, agents or assigns from issuing regulations or guidance related to the COVID-19 virus without first getting approval from the state legislature The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. No government entity, or its political subdivisions, 2 agents, or assigns, shall be permitted to issue a regulation or guidance 3 that includes criminal or civil penalties related to the COVID-19 virus 4 without prior authorization from the state legislature. The legislature 5 may authorize a regulation or guidance by concurrent resolution. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03961-01-3