New York · 2025-2026

S 2278

Requires general hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a member of the governing entity responsible for developing a general hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs

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Summary AI-generated

New York Bill S 2278 requires general hospitals to include a registered professional nurse as a member of the governing entity. This entity is responsible for developing the hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies, and programs.

Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Issue tags AI-classified

Healthcare 95% Labor & Employment 60%

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Sponsors + 3 cosponsors

Lea Webb Democratic/Working Families lead
Kevin Parker Democratic/Working Families
Pat Fahy Democratic
Samra Brouk Democratic/Working Families

Roll-call votes on this bill

Motion / question	Chamber	Stage	Roll	Outcome	Yea	Nay	Other	Date	Source
Floor Vote - Version: A	upper	—	09c1ae78-fb65-48e5-b5d3-330e5abf017c	pass	46	15	2	Mar 10, 2026	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/09c1ae78-fb65-48e5-b5d3-330e5abf017c CC0-1.0
Health Vote - Version: A	upper	—	03dbc00a-eb67-4de7-b105-0e504a17dec9	pass	10	3	2	Feb 24, 2026	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/03dbc00a-eb67-4de7-b105-0e504a17dec9 CC0-1.0
Floor Vote	upper	—	97fa44ae-cb36-4a33-aa2c-ff0277f69e14	pass	38	15	8	Jun 6, 2025	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/97fa44ae-cb36-4a33-aa2c-ff0277f69e14 CC0-1.0
Rules Vote	upper	—	8f4b89c2-a34d-42c7-b6c6-d5e205d6c205	pass	19	0	1	May 29, 2025	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8f4b89c2-a34d-42c7-b6c6-d5e205d6c205 CC0-1.0