Legislation: batch D — NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TX UT

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-7443.md

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Replaces certain references to \"mentally retarded\" or \"mentally ill\" persons with the term \"individuals with a developmental disability\""
+description: "Replaces certain instances of the term \"mentally retarded\" with the term \"individuals with developmental disabilities\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 7443"
+citation: "New York A 7443 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ABINANTI"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-05-10"
+last_action: "2022-07-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ccc3673-78b7-4689-8cd5-c445aca55f97"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7443"
+source_hash: "11be03223aeb6bcdc7f51e5cf2e0bc6ece2843834fee7497e6c9584049417657"
+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 7443 (2021-2022) — Replaces certain references to "mentally retarded" or "mentally ill" persons with the term "individuals with a developmental disability"
+
+Replaces certain instances of the term "mentally retarded" with the term "individuals with developmental disabilities".
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7443&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A7443A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7443A)
+3. **A7443B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7443B)
+4. **A7443C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7443C)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: C — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- MOTION:ABINANTI; To reconsider — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **148–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ABINANTI — primary (person)
+- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
+- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
+- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
+- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
+- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-10** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-13** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO SOCIAL SERVICES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-13** PRINT NUMBER 7443A `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-25** REPORTED
+- **2022-01-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.310
+- **2022-02-02** AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 7443
+- **2022-04-27** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 7443B `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-05-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-05-04** REFERRED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-05** RECALLED FROM SENATE
+- **2022-05-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-05-05** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
+- **2022-05-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7443C `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-05-10** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-05-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2022-05-10** RECOMMITTED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6195B
+- **2022-05-18** 3RD READING CAL.837
+- **2022-05-18** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-05-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-07-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-07-26** SIGNED CHAP.477 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ccc3673-78b7-4689-8cd5-c445aca55f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+