---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the community guardianship program"
description: "Provides the community guardian program shall obtain annually a statement prepared by a physician, psychologist, nurse clinician, social worker, or other person, evaluating the condition and current functional level of the person for whom the community guardian program serves as guardian; the appointing court should be informed of the results of the evaluation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4109"
citation: "New York A 4109 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7360baaa-cdce-4cde-8974-6626cf2ea92f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4109"
source_hash: "761f9f0310dd47ecce92e22a0be5bc4b3b39bce5660f4d6e1beefb44a73f3c5a"
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 4109 (2019-2020) — Relates to the community guardianship program

Provides the community guardian program shall obtain annually a statement prepared by a physician, psychologist, nurse clinician, social worker, or other person, evaluating the condition and current functional level of the person for whom the community guardian program serves as guardian; the appointing court should be informed of the results of the evaluation.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4109&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A4109A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4109A)
3. **A4109B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4109B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION:GUNTHER; To reconsider — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GUNTHER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** PRINT NUMBER 4109A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** REPORTED
- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.114
- **2019-03-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-14** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2019-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-29** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-29** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4109B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-04** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-04** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4285A
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1688
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.579 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7360baaa-cdce-4cde-8974-6626cf2ea92f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).