---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony"
description: "Prohibits physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 5200"
citation: "New York A 5200 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4bbc805-fa77-41e7-8789-14d7a0a8185e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A5200"
source_hash: "8853d804b40baf074c706757c9515b978b34d2d12f639d2f9bb2e069374956e0"
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 5200 (2017-2018) — Relates to prohibiting physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony

Prohibits physical contact or activity in any organization's initiating ceremony.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5200 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5200&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A5200 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A5200)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **118–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WEPRIN — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- HOOPER — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- RYAN — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** REPORTED
- **2018-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.868
- **2018-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-16** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2755
- **2018-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1409
- **2018-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-13** SIGNED CHAP.188 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4bbc805-fa77-41e7-8789-14d7a0a8185e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).