Assembly BillIntroduced
A 6235: Requires general hospitals and nursing homes to offer free notarial services to patients; requires an employee of such general hospital or nursing home who is a notary public to be present from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on business days.
What A 6235 does, verified April 14, 2026
The bill requires general hospitals and nursing homes to offer free notarial services to patients. A notary public will be employed at these facilities from 8 am to 6 pm each business day. This service will be provided at no charge to the patients. The bill does not prevent hospitals and nursing homes from offering free notarial services outside of these hours or on non-business days. The law will take effect 30 days after the bill becomes law.
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 6235
- What is the current status of A 6235?
- As of April 14, 2026, A 6235 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 6235 pass?
- Not yet. A 6235 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6235, and where is it now?
- A 6235 was authored by Asm. Karen McMahon with 10 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 27, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 27, 2025 · 265 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6235 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON, SEAWRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, STIRPE, LAVINE, McDONOUGH, SHIMSKY, DeSTEFANO, TAYLOR, GLICK, REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring general hospitals and nursing homes to offer free notarial services to patients The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2805-aa to read as follows: 3 § 2805-aa. Hospital and nursing home notarial services. Every general 4 hospital and nursing home shall have an employee present, from eight 5 o'clock a.m. to six o'clock p.m. each business day, who has been 6 appointed as a notary public pursuant to section one hundred thirty of 7 the executive law. Such employee shall offer notarial services to 8 patients of such general hospital or nursing home at no charge to such 9 patients. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a gener- 10 al hospital or nursing home from offering free notarial services to 11 patients outside the hours of eight o'clock a.m. to six o'clock p.m., or 12 on non-business days. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02946-01-5
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