Senate BillPassed first house
S 9897: 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 S 9897 does, verified June 6, 2026
<p>The bill requires general hospitals and nursing homes in New York State to provide free notarial services to patients from 8 AM to 6 PM on business days. Each facility must have an employee appointed as a notary public who can offer these services without charge. The law allows for the provision of such services outside regular hours or on non-business days but does not mandate it.</p>
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to health (2026-06-04)Alert me
Quick answers about S 9897
- What is the current status of S 9897?
- As of June 6, 2026, S 9897 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on June 4, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did S 9897 pass?
- Not yet. S 9897 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote S 9897, and where is it now?
- S 9897 was authored by Sen. Jeremy Zellner. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
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| Jun. 04, 2026 | referred to health |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| May. 28, 2026 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1422 |
| May. 28, 2026 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 13, 2026 · 257 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9897 IN SENATE April 13, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ZELLNER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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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