S 8522 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Protects persons receiving care, employed, or otherwise present at a hospital from immigration arrests; prohibits federal immigration officers acting within the scope of their employment from entering hospitals

Summary

Protects persons receiving care, employed, or otherwise present at a hospital from immigration arrests; prohibits federal immigration officers acting within the scope of their employment from entering hospitals unless supported by a judicial warrant or order; defines judicial warrant or order.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Immigration

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Oct 3, 2025 Last action Jan 27, 2026

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What changed between versions

S8522 → S8522A · 4 edits

MODERATE

Bill S 8522 was amended and renumbered to S 8522-A after committee review. The substantive policy content regarding immigration enforcement restrictions in hospitals remains unchanged, but the bill was formally restructured with additional committee actions and renumbered sections.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from S 8522 to S 8522-A to reflect committee processing and amendments.

Committee assignment updated to show the bill was discharged from the Committee on Rules and recommitted to the Committee on Codes.

Section numbers in the Public Health Law amendment changed from 2832 to 2833 to reflect the bill's amendment history.

Page and line number references updated in the explanatory document to match the revised bill version.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8522A

upper

Jan 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

upper

Oct 3, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO RULES

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors