---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to creating mental illness and chemical dependence initiative"
description: "Creates a public education initiative designed to eliminate stigma and misinformation about mental illness and substance use among military service members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2758"
citation: "New York A 2758 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTIZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-10-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05cce3cf-8420-484b-976d-49d95af0b77e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2758"
source_hash: "10164a80387a0e0ef8541865c861512c7100365d55c96fb46dc68b09f6ec6a78"
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 2758 (2019-2020) — Relates to creating mental illness and chemical dependence initiative

Creates a public education initiative designed to eliminate stigma and misinformation about mental illness and substance use among military service members.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2758&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A2758A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A2758A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ORTIZ — primary (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 2758A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.491
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3200A
- **2019-06-14** 3RD READING CAL.1379
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-18** SIGNED CHAP.378 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05cce3cf-8420-484b-976d-49d95af0b77e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).