A 9974 New York Assembly · 2021 Regular Session

Requires general hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke

Summary
Requires general hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to by-products generated from the use of an energy generating surgical device, including, but not limited to, surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, and lung damaging dust through use of an airborne contaminant evacuation system.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
Assembly Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
Dec 2022
Introduced Apr 27, 2022 Signed Dec 16, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2022 · Assembly May 17, 2022

How they voted

59–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 62
May 25, 2022
D Democratic42
40 Yea 2
95% Yea
R Republican20
19 Yea 1 Nay
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Dec 16, 2022
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.701
lower
May 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 17, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
May 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 10, 2022
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Apr 27, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Richard N. Gottfried
Richard N. Gottfried
DDemocratic
NY
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