---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changes references in law from \"hearing impaired\" to \"deaf or hard of hearing\""
description: "Changes references in law from \"hearing impaired\" to \"deaf or hard of hearing\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7178"
citation: "New York A 7178 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ENGLEBRIGHT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-12"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a1209f6-9b94-47c5-bd15-0b1ca0af28b8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7178"
source_hash: "f8c2aa8524662b5d74bbac547d9bbfac3af574254dee041fb70025de37d9f96d"
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 7178 (2017-2018) — Changes references in law from "hearing impaired" to "deaf or hard of hearing"

Changes references in law from "hearing impaired" to "deaf or hard of hearing".

## Version chain

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

1. **A7178 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7178&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7178 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7178)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ENGLEBRIGHT — primary (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BRINDISI — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNS — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI O — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-12** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** REPORTED
- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.548
- **2017-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.503
- **2018-03-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-03-22** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6128
- **2018-04-30** 3RD READING CAL.152
- **2018-04-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-04-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.221 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a1209f6-9b94-47c5-bd15-0b1ca0af28b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).