---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to counting representation in the New York state dental association"
description: "Provides that any member of a district or county dental society who has been a member since 1977 may maintain his or her membership in that district or county dental society regardless of where such member resides or practices dentistry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 5984"
citation: "New York A 5984 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/734425f3-97e9-4818-bed4-475be6b5b204"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A5984"
source_hash: "8997c2919807e579a12742ebc98c836a62f105104a47694a7d5d46efc361de04"
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 5984 (2017-2018) — Relates to counting representation in the New York state dental association

Provides that any member of a district or county dental society who has been a member since 1977 may maintain his or her membership in that district or county dental society regardless of where such member resides or practices dentistry.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5984 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5984&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A5984 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A5984)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MCDONALD — primary (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- HARRIS — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SCHIMMINGER — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** REPORTED
- **2017-05-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.292
- **2017-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-10** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3516
- **2017-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1003
- **2017-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.288 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/734425f3-97e9-4818-bed4-475be6b5b204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).