---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to services for victims of human trafficking"
description: "Relates to services for victims of human trafficking including short-term and long-term safe housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 9566"
citation: "New York A 9566 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HEVESI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ac818fa-52fc-4084-b6ae-c4cbed011e0a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A9566"
source_hash: "0b7b273597574160e37a0e31a7e8293e854a51be4d26bbd36c7f3237abc7f163"
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 9566 (2017-2018) — Relates to services for victims of human trafficking

Relates to services for victims of human trafficking including short-term and long-term safe housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9566 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9566&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A9566 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A9566)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEVESI — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- DIPIETRO — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- LENTOL — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- TITONE — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** REPORTED
- **2018-05-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.1014
- **2018-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8305
- **2018-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1731
- **2018-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.238 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ac818fa-52fc-4084-b6ae-c4cbed011e0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).