---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs"
description: "Relates to extending current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs under the welfare reform act of 1997."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5393"
citation: "New York S 5393 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TEDISCO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-24"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3e6c10f-927a-45eb-8b6a-dd7bbc6b7b58"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5393"
source_hash: "065a276cdaff754a087b32d7c143bc220f065174c00ead48ba7045abdb1e2a87"
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 S 5393 (2017-2018) — Relates to extending current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs

Relates to extending current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs under the welfare reform act of 1997.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5393 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5393&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5393 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5393)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **98–45** (pass) · lower
- Social Services Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- TEDISCO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-24** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** 1ST REPORT CAL.570
- **2017-04-25** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-04-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-05-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-05-03** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7801
- **2017-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.170
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.140 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3e6c10f-927a-45eb-8b6a-dd7bbc6b7b58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).