---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age"
description: "Designates as professional misconduct, engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 576"
citation: "New York A 576 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GLICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-01-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef55c03f-0c3d-49c7-be63-f20b93922f01"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A576"
source_hash: "ed480c475106737fbcf5e777ce2cb93879d80d9fc796c4cdb3edd595fd804c6d"
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 576 (2019-2020) — Designates engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age

Designates as professional misconduct, engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age.

## Version chain

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

1. **A576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A576&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **57–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GLICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** REPORTED
- **2019-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.1
- **2019-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.1
- **2019-01-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-01-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1046
- **2019-01-15** 3RD READING CAL.1
- **2019-01-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-01-25** SIGNED CHAP.7 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef55c03f-0c3d-49c7-be63-f20b93922f01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).