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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; and relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts"
+description: "Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 5719"
+citation: "New York A 5719 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GALEF"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-03-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83f72977-44f2-4879-b68a-67ab4848e621"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5719"
+source_hash: "3f32228aa38881b3f1ea5b52b9d2377a66405da2efaed2fe801def811b03b011"
+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 5719 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; and relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts
+
+Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5719&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A5719A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A5719A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GALEF — primary (person)
+- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
+- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
+- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
+- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
+- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
+- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
+- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
+- GANDOLFO — cosponsor (person)
+- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
+- HAWLEY — cosponsor (person)
+- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
+- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
+- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
+- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- MANKTELOW — cosponsor (person)
+- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
+- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
+- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- PEOPLES-STOKES — cosponsor (person)
+- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
+- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
+- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMPSON — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+- STERN — cosponsor (person)
+- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
+- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** PRINT NUMBER 5719A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** REPORTED
+- **2021-03-15** RULES REPORT CAL.41
+- **2021-03-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.41
+- **2021-03-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-03-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-03-16** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1957A
+- **2021-03-24** 3RD READING CAL.409
+- **2021-03-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-03-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-03-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-29** SIGNED CHAP.91 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83f72977-44f2-4879-b68a-67ab4848e621`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+