---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides restroom access to persons with certain medical conditions"
description: "Enacts the \"Crohn's and colitis fairness act\"; provides restroom access to persons with certain medical conditions; defines the term eligible medical condition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 1982"
citation: "New York A 1982 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc2d95b4-9927-40b6-93fc-8f912a6a73b9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A1982"
source_hash: "18e33f26bb602fc56fb4ed60c1d5dbfcbaf11c819da6a98ec7faf54421511d06"
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 1982 (2017-2018) — Provides restroom access to persons with certain medical conditions

Enacts the "Crohn's and colitis fairness act"; provides restroom access to persons with certain medical conditions; defines the term eligible medical condition.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1982 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1982&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A1982 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A1982)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** REPORTED
- **2017-02-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.48
- **2017-03-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-03-28** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3295
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.647
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.471 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-18** APPROVAL MEMO.42

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc2d95b4-9927-40b6-93fc-8f912a6a73b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).