---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to reporting on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic"
description: "Relates to reporting on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1068"
citation: "New York A 1068 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL L"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/016590cc-82a1-43af-bfce-cf3af37d2a0d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1068"
source_hash: "b2fecdf7995c4bf71089cd39a813dcfd950f24454e3b2e0d4e5f1f34b93200af"
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 1068 (2019-2020) — Relates to reporting on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic

Relates to reporting on the status and outcomes of initiatives created in response to the heroin and opioid epidemic.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1068&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL L — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.220
- **2019-05-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4650
- **2019-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.1013
- **2019-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.493 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/016590cc-82a1-43af-bfce-cf3af37d2a0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).