---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to reporting a nonemergency incident involving a member of a protected class"
description: "Relates to reporting a non-emergency incident involving a member of a protected class."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1531"
citation: "New York A 1531 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RICHARDSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54fdb0e1-70c8-4546-99c7-9a8f196bcfbe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1531"
source_hash: "3d2338c181e153035129dbd46cba48b6cff32f6894a12850a0ae167676799780"
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 1531 (2019-2020) — Relates to reporting a nonemergency incident involving a member of a protected class

Relates to reporting a non-emergency incident involving a member of a protected class.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1531&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A1531A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A1531A)
3. **A1531B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A1531B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **56–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **115–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RICHARDSON — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HEASTIE — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAN — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- PRETLOW — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL D — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMOTAS — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-08** PRINT NUMBER 1531A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 1531B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED
- **2020-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.61
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.61
- **2020-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8492
- **2020-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.748
- **2020-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-12** SIGNED CHAP.93 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54fdb0e1-70c8-4546-99c7-9a8f196bcfbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).