New York S 8848: Enacts the "Protecting Our Nursing Homes Act of 2020"

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S08848 Summary:

BILL NOS08848 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08984

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SPONSORLIU

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Add §460-a, Judy L

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Requires the state board of law examiners to establish protocols for addressing emergencies that occur during the administration of the bar examination, and to provide testing accommodations for persons who have applied for examination for admission to practice and are the subject of, or a witness to, or are affected by the emergency.

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BILL NOS08848 

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01/09/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1019

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2026PASSED SENATE

05/19/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8848

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to enacting the "Clock
 Should Stop Act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Clock
 2 Should Stop Act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, a young woman
 4 taking the New York State bar exam at a location at Hofstra University
 5 suddenly suffered an apparent heart attack shortly before the scheduled
 6 lunch break. The woman collapsed onto the floor, suffered impaired
 7 breathing, and turned blue. Emergency help was summoned and subsequent-
 8 ly, Hofstra Public Safety officers provided life-saving emergency care
 9 to the woman, including CPR and defibrillation, until paramedics arrived
 10 and transported the woman to a nearby hospital. It has been reported
 11 that there was a delay in seeking assistance for the young woman.
 12 Multiple other bar examination takers were present during the inci-
 13 dent. Despite the occurrence of this medical emergency, the morning
 14 session of the bar examination was not halted. The examination was
 15 allowed to continue to the conclusion of the morning session, at which
 16 time the other examination-takers were allowed to leave the room. These
 17 same individuals were required to return to the scene of the emergency
 18 an hour later and complete the afternoon session of the examination.
 19 The legislature finds that there is a need to establish protocols to
 20 address medical or other emergencies that occur during the adminis-
 21 tration of the New York State bar examination. These protocols should
 22 address measures taken to render assistance to an injured or ill person,
 23 and address other conditions of the emergency, as well as measures to
 24 provide testing accommodations to other examination-takers affected by
 25 the emergency.
 26 § 3. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 460-a to
 27 read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13598-03-5

 S. 8848 2

 1 § 460-a. Special arrangements due to emergency. 1. The state board of
 2 law examiners shall provide protocols for:
 3 (a) addressing emergencies that occur immediately prior to or during
 4 the administration of the bar examination, including during any routine-
 5 ly scheduled lunch breaks; and
 6 (b) providing testing accommodations for persons who have applied for
 7 examination for admission to practice as an attorney and counsellor-at-
 8 law and who are the subject of, are witness to or are affected by the
 9 emergency or emergencies.
 10 2. As used in this section, "emergency" includes:
 11 (a) the medical emergency of a person who has applied for examination
 12 for admission to practice as an attorney and counsellor-at-law;
 13 (b) a criminal incident that directly and materially affects an exam-
 14 ination location or the administration of the examination; and
 15 (c) any natural or man-made disaster as contemplated by section twenty
 16 of the executive law that directly and materia