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A 4966: Exempts private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization requirements.
What A 4966 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to exempt private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization requirements. The term "school" is defined to include various types of child care facilities and educational institutions. The law would allow these facilities to opt out of immunization requirements, which would take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 4966
- What is the current status of A 4966?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 4966 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 4966 pass?
- Not yet. A 4966 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 4966, and where is it now?
- A 4966 was authored by Asm. David DiPietro. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 10, 2025 · 177 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4966 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health 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: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2164 of the public 2 health law, as amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 a. The term "school" means and includes any public[, private or paro-5chial child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery6school,] pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate or 7 secondary school. 8 § 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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