---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the preparation of educational materials relating to substance abuse among students"
description: "Relates to the preparation of educational materials relating to substance abuse among students and designating employees to provide information regarding substance abuse to students, parents and staff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7470"
citation: "New York A 7470 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DAVILA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-26"
last_action: "2018-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c687b0-36e8-40c4-85be-63fdb2c1d88f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7470"
source_hash: "d7c6d918cf7c7e7519c5d96bdac913ae9eed5b9b3121782805fd109b0fec461f"
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 7470 (2017-2018) — Relates to the preparation of educational materials relating to substance abuse among students

Relates to the preparation of educational materials relating to substance abuse among students and designating employees to provide information regarding substance abuse to students, parents and staff.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7470 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7470&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7470 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7470)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DAVILA — primary (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-26** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** REPORTED
- **2017-06-15** RULES REPORT CAL.401
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.401
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-19** 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.521
- **2018-03-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-03-22** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8318
- **2018-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1073
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-10-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-05** SIGNED CHAP.323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13c687b0-36e8-40c4-85be-63fdb2c1d88f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).