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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to counting representation in the New York state dental association"
+description: "Provides that any member of a district or county dental society who has been a member since 1977 may maintain his or her membership in that district or county dental society regardless of where such member resides or practices dentistry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 5984"
+citation: "New York A 5984 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-21"
+last_action: "2017-09-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/734425f3-97e9-4818-bed4-475be6b5b204"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A5984"
+source_hash: "8997c2919807e579a12742ebc98c836a62f105104a47694a7d5d46efc361de04"
+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 5984 (2017-2018) — Relates to counting representation in the New York state dental association
+
+Provides that any member of a district or county dental society who has been a member since 1977 may maintain his or her membership in that district or county dental society regardless of where such member resides or practices dentistry.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5984 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5984&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A5984 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A5984)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MCDONALD — primary (person)
+- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
+- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
+- HARRIS — cosponsor (person)
+- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
+- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
+- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
+- SCHIMMINGER — cosponsor (person)
+- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-02** REPORTED
+- **2017-05-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.292
+- **2017-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-05-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2017-05-10** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3516
+- **2017-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1003
+- **2017-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2017-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2017-08-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.288 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/734425f3-97e9-4818-bed4-475be6b5b204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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