---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to remedying inconsistent definitions and other technical errors"
description: "Relates to remedying the inconsistent definitions for local correctional facility and municipal official and fixes other technical errors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 10159"
citation: "New York A 10159 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b5150b-b1b4-4d99-b72f-00038dd46bad"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A10159"
source_hash: "61adf14c5a7100dbe7aa3866c790cb948968416593fca5f56e7fa92ea170ce83"
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 10159 (2017-2018) — Relates to remedying inconsistent definitions and other technical errors

Relates to remedying the inconsistent definitions for local correctional facility and municipal official and fixes other technical errors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A10159 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10159&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A10159 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A10159)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEPRIN — primary (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- ERRIGO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-21** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** REPORTED
- **2018-03-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.732
- **2018-04-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-04-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-16** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8048
- **2018-05-14** 3RD READING CAL.856
- **2018-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-05-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.247 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42b5150b-b1b4-4d99-b72f-00038dd46bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).