New York A 860: Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball

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A00860 Summary:

BILL NOA00860A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00845-A

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRForrest, Seawright, Bichotte Hermelyn, Clark, Simon, Jackson, Mitaynes, Reyes, Cruz,
 Gonzalez-Rojas, Gallagher, Shimsky, Levenberg, Davila, Tapia, Kelles, Shrestha, Hevesi, Carroll R,
 Epstein, Otis, Cunningham, Raga, Burdick, Dinowitz, Weprin, Lavine, Meeks, Romero, Taylor, Sayegh,
 Zinerman, De Los Santos, Lunsford, Solages, Chandler-Waterman, Valdez, Septimo, Kay, Paulin,
 Hunter, Hooks, Kim, Moreno, Wright, Simone, Rajkumar, Burroughs, Lee, Woerner

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2509-b, Pub Health L

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Prohibits drug, cannabis or alcohol testing of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns unless the individual consents and it is within the scope of medical care, or the testing is necessary for a medical emergency.

Go to top A00860 Actions:

BILL NOA00860A

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01/08/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

05/11/2026reported referred to codes

05/22/2026amend (t) and recommit to codes

05/22/2026print number 860a

05/28/2026reported referred to rules

Go to topA00860 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/11/2026AYE/NAY:16/8 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzExcused

HevesiAyeGrayNay

SteckNaySlaterNay

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoNay

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksExcused

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/28/2026AYE/NAY:13/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA00860 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00860 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 860--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, FORREST, SEAWRIGHT, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
 CLARK, SIMON, JACKSON, MITAYNES, REYES, CRUZ, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GALLAGH-
 ER, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, DAVILA, TAPIA, KELLES, SHRESTHA, HEVESI,
 R. CARROLL, OTIS, CUNNINGHAM, RAGA, BURDICK, DINOWITZ, WEPRIN, LAVINE,
 MEEKS, ROMERO, TAYLOR, SAYEGH, ZINERMAN, DE LOS SANTOS, LUNSFORD,
 SOLAGES, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, VALDEZ, SEPTIMO, KAY, PAULIN, HUNTER,
 HOOKS, KIM, MORENO, WRIGHT, SIMONE, RAJKUMAR, BURROUGHS, LEE, WOERNER
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting drug,
 cannabis or alcohol testing of pregnant or postpartum individuals and
 newborns

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent act".
 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2509-b
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 2509-b. Drug, cannabis or alcohol testing for pregnant or postpartum
 6 individuals; prohibited. 1. For purposes of this section:
 7 (a) "drug" shall mean a controlled substance as that term is defined
 8 in section thirty-three hundred six of this chapter.
 9 (b) "cannabis" shall mean cannabis or concentrated cannabis as those
 10 terms are defined in section 222.00 of the penal law.
 11 (c) "drug, cannabis or alcohol test" shall mean a test using a biolog-
 12 ical sample, including, but not limited to, urine or hair, for the pres-
 13 ence of drugs, cannabis or alcohol.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00590-04-6

 A. 860--A 2

 1 2. No health care professional licensed, certified, or authorized
 2 under title eight of the education law shall perform a d