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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Changes references in law from \"hearing impaired\" to \"deaf or hard of hearing\""
+description: "Changes references in law from \"hearing impaired\" to \"deaf or hard of hearing\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 7178"
+citation: "New York A 7178 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ENGLEBRIGHT"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-04-12"
+last_action: "2018-08-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a1209f6-9b94-47c5-bd15-0b1ca0af28b8"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7178"
+source_hash: "f8c2aa8524662b5d74bbac547d9bbfac3af574254dee041fb70025de37d9f96d"
+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 7178 (2017-2018) — Changes references in law from "hearing impaired" to "deaf or hard of hearing"
+
+Changes references in law from "hearing impaired" to "deaf or hard of hearing".
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7178 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7178&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A7178 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7178)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ENGLEBRIGHT — primary (person)
+- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
+- BRINDISI — cosponsor (person)
+- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
+- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
+- COOK — cosponsor (person)
+- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
+- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
+- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
+- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
+- JOHNS — cosponsor (person)
+- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
+- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
+- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
+- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
+- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
+- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
+- ZEBROWSKI O — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-04-12** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-22** REPORTED
+- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.548
+- **2017-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
+- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.503
+- **2018-03-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2018-03-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2018-03-22** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6128
+- **2018-04-30** 3RD READING CAL.152
+- **2018-04-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2018-04-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.221 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a1209f6-9b94-47c5-bd15-0b1ca0af28b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+