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A 5027: Requires the department of health to develop rules for all courts in New York state to protect the court employees and the public from COVID-19.
What A 5027 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to protect court employees and the public from COVID-19 in New York State. It requires the Department of Health to develop rules and guidelines for implementing measures to prevent the spread of the virus in all courts. These measures include: protective barriers at the judge's bench, witness stand, and jury box standards for social distancing and face covering requirements testing for all court employees after a positive case is discovered quarantine and negative test results for infected employees before returning to work other necessary measures as deemed by the Department of Health. The bill takes 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 5027
- What is the current status of A 5027?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 5027 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 5027 pass?
- Not yet. A 5027 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5027, and where is it now?
- A 5027 was authored by Asm. Jonathan Jacobson with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 11, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 11, 2025 · 326 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5027 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, MAGNARELLI, EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the department of health to develop rules for all courts in New York state to protect the court employees and the public from COVID-19 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (z) to read as follows: 3 (z) develop rules, standards and guidelines for measures to be imple- 4 mented at every court in the state to protect the court employees and 5 the public from the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) includ- 6 ing, but not limited to: (i) protective barriers to be installed at the 7 judge's bench, the witness stand, the jury box and such other locations 8 as the department shall deem necessary; (ii) standards for social 9 distancing and the wearing of face coverings by court employees and by 10 members of the public participating in or watching court proceedings; 11 (iii) testing of all court employees after it is discovered that a court 12 employee or member of the public at the court facility has tested posi- 13 tive for COVID-19; (iv) quarantine of any court employee who has tested 14 positive and the requirement that said infected employee produce a nega- 15 tive test result before being allowed to return to work; and (v) such 16 other measures as the department may deem necessary or desirable. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02378-01-5
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