---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to child abuse in an educational setting"
description: "Relates to child abuse in an educational setting; clarifies that it includes individuals employed by a school and individuals employed by a person or entity that contracts with a school to provide transportation services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5842"
citation: "New York A 5842 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NOLAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba17df2c-cc00-4b18-bb04-623b368f56e3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5842"
source_hash: "83dc7b2712ae9b8dfdd6bcd6c49783db7b54f29681ad5d86c07c37833d97751e"
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 5842 (2019-2020) — Relates to child abuse in an educational setting

Relates to child abuse in an educational setting; clarifies that it includes individuals employed by a school and individuals employed by a person or entity that contracts with a school to provide transportation services.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5842** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5842&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- NOLAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED
- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.120
- **2019-03-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-14** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S273A
- **2019-03-25** 3RD READING CAL.238
- **2019-03-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-13** SIGNED CHAP.164 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba17df2c-cc00-4b18-bb04-623b368f56e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).