New York A 6174: Directs the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a study on the state's COVID-19 pandemic response

Status: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 6174

Sponsors: John Lemondes, Joe DeStefano, Josh Jensen

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A06174 Summary:

BILL NOA06174 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01880

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SPONSORLemondes

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COSPNSRJensen, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Directs the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct an after-action review study on the state's COVID-19 pandemic response; directs the commissioner to submit a report on such study after 1 year and make such report publicly available on its website, and share such report with the CDC.

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BILL NOA06174 

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02/26/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6174

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT directing the commissioner of the division of homeland security
 and emergency services to conduct a study on the state's COVID-19
 pandemic response

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

 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the division of homeland security and
 2 emergency services shall conduct an after-action review study of New
 3 York state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such study shall explore
 4 every facet of New York state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
 5 including, but not limited to, the level of success or failure of each
 6 approach taken by all state and local governmental entities that took
 7 specific action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including but not
 8 limited to, actions of authorities and implementation of operations,
 9 logistics, resource management, communications, policies, and such state
 10 and local governmental entities' relationships with the centers for
 11 disease control and prevention.
 12 § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
 13 commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services
 14 shall submit a report on the findings of the study under section one of
 15 this act to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
 16 speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the
 17 minority leader of the assembly. Such report shall be divided into the
 18 following three sections: (i) an identification of the issue or issues;
 19 (ii) a discussion of such issue or issues; and (iii) recommendations to
 20 mitigate the effects of any potential future pandemics. Such report
 21 shall also be made public on the division of homeland security and emer-
 22 gency services' website and shared with the federal centers for disease
 23 control and prevention.
 24 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 25 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05490-01-5

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