---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to mandating training of direct care workers in adverse childhood experiences"
description: "Relates to mandating training of direct care workers in adverse childhood experiences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4268"
citation: "New York A 4268 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HEVESI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fdb0284-071f-4373-8185-3d281b3e4667"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4268"
source_hash: "cedea92719c221968f1de3fb0cec386bdf41153d4024eabc3d2e759917161e37"
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 4268 (2019-2020) — Relates to mandating training of direct care workers in adverse childhood experiences

Relates to mandating training of direct care workers in adverse childhood experiences.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4268&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **55–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEVESI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** REPORTED
- **2019-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.340
- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-20** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2659
- **2019-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.998
- **2019-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.391 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fdb0284-071f-4373-8185-3d281b3e4667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).