---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to transportation of individuals"
description: "Relates to transportation of individuals; provides that within staffing limitations and upon request, an individual who is being transported to or from a facility may be accompanied by same gender staff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 10708"
citation: "New York A 10708 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-14"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa2fa389-9a2e-4a2f-87ac-97e907099a11"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A10708"
source_hash: "236063fd99a7f745d67e62cb6b458039a89ad20842b78f03278d5100ff7f6ffb"
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 10708 (2017-2018) — Relates to transportation of individuals

Relates to transportation of individuals; provides that within staffing limitations and upon request, an individual who is being transported to or from a facility may be accompanied by same gender staff.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10708 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10708&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A10708 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A10708)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GUNTHER — primary (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER ML — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-14** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** REPORTED
- **2018-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.67
- **2018-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.67
- **2018-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8592
- **2018-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1479
- **2018-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.251 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa2fa389-9a2e-4a2f-87ac-97e907099a11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).