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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to transportation of individuals"
+description: "Relates to transportation of individuals; provides that within staffing limitations and upon request, an individual who is being transported to or from a facility may be accompanied by same gender staff."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 10708"
+citation: "New York A 10708 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-05-14"
+last_action: "2018-08-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa2fa389-9a2e-4a2f-87ac-97e907099a11"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A10708"
+source_hash: "236063fd99a7f745d67e62cb6b458039a89ad20842b78f03278d5100ff7f6ffb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 10708 (2017-2018) — Relates to transportation of individuals
+
+Relates to transportation of individuals; provides that within staffing limitations and upon request, an individual who is being transported to or from a facility may be accompanied by same gender staff.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A10708 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10708&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A10708 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A10708)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GUNTHER — primary (person)
+- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
+- MILLER ML — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-14** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-06** REPORTED
+- **2018-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.67
+- **2018-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.67
+- **2018-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2018-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2018-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8592
+- **2018-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1479
+- **2018-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2018-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.251 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa2fa389-9a2e-4a2f-87ac-97e907099a11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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