---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the processing and maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits"
description: "Relates to the processing and maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 980"
citation: "New York S 980 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HANNON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-02-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/768dd330-749a-4b6a-806f-af87e341bd56"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S980"
source_hash: "c6cb0fcb1581df82fcf6c0d88367776e41047feac14bceb358a4e93adbef7552"
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 980 (2017-2018) — Relates to the processing and maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits

Relates to the processing and maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits.

## Version chain

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

1. **S980 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S980&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S980 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S980)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HANNON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.13
- **2017-01-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-01-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-01-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A375
- **2017-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.4
- **2017-01-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-01-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-01-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-01** SIGNED CHAP.6 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/768dd330-749a-4b6a-806f-af87e341bd56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).