---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the expiration of Kendra's law"
description: "Extends the expiration of Kendra's law from June 30, 2017 to June 30, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7688"
citation: "New York A 7688 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-09"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3847d7f-5a40-4e21-9fd6-15d262bc41af"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7688"
source_hash: "14282957a65f9f348795c6efb09b0c8b38ff5e812dfb3a1c895d3683cbb53748"
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 7688 (2017-2018) — Extends the expiration of Kendra's law

Extends the expiration of Kendra's law from June 30, 2017 to June 30, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7688 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7688&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7688 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7688)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GUNTHER — primary (person)
- MALLIOTAKIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-09** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** REPORTED
- **2017-06-13** RULES REPORT CAL.244
- **2017-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.244
- **2017-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6726
- **2017-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.2095
- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** SIGNED CHAP.67 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3847d7f-5a40-4e21-9fd6-15d262bc41af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).