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A 6174: 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.
What A 6174 does, verified January 8, 2026
The state of New York is directing the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct an after-action review study of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study will explore every facet of the response, including the level of success or failure of each approach taken by state and local governmental entities. The study will examine the actions of authorities, logistics, resource management, communications, policies, and relationships with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The commissioner will submit a report on the findings within one year of the effective date, which will be divided into three sections: identifying the issue, discussing the issue, and providing recommendations to mitigate the effects of future pandemics. The report will also be made public on the division's website and shared with the federal Centers for…
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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6174
- What is the current status of A 6174?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 6174 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 governmental operations".
- Did A 6174 pass?
- Not yet. A 6174 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6174, and where is it now?
- A 6174 was authored by Asm. John Lemondes with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 386 words
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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