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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program"
+description: "Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 203"
+citation: "New York A 203 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Catalina Cruz"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-12-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74c91163-47d9-4ed3-9141-8fd65757df10"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A203"
+source_hash: "52104896572cad229abd323216857f2e79563df2a5957aa8ba81b7f9ff36c853"
+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 203 (2025-2026) — Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program
+
+Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A203&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A203A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A203A)
+3. **A203B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A203B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **58–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Catalina Cruz — primary (person)
+- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
+- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
+- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Claire Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
+- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
+- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
+- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
+- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
+- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Hawley — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 203A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 203B `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-08** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** REPORTED
+- **2025-06-10** RULES REPORT CAL.545
+- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.545
+- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5294B
+- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.893
+- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.618 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c91163-47d9-4ed3-9141-8fd65757df10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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