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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to prohibiting physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony"
+description: "Prohibits physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 5200"
+citation: "New York A 5200 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-06"
+last_action: "2018-08-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4bbc805-fa77-41e7-8789-14d7a0a8185e"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A5200"
+source_hash: "8853d804b40baf074c706757c9515b978b34d2d12f639d2f9bb2e069374956e0"
+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 5200 (2017-2018) — Relates to prohibiting physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony
+
+Prohibits physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5200 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5200&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A5200 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A5200)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **118–19** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- WEPRIN — primary (person)
+- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
+- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
+- COOK — cosponsor (person)
+- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
+- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
+- HOOPER — cosponsor (person)
+- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
+- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
+- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
+- RYAN — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-08** REPORTED
+- **2018-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.868
+- **2018-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2018-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2018-05-16** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2755
+- **2018-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1409
+- **2018-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2018-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-08-13** SIGNED CHAP.188 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4bbc805-fa77-41e7-8789-14d7a0a8185e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+