---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the use of opioid antagonists by public accommodations for opioid overdose prevention"
description: "Authorizes the use of opioid antagonists by persons or entities for opioid overdose prevention; defines \"entity\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7812"
citation: "New York A 7812 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL L"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-23"
last_action: "2020-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6922b80-68c1-4094-9b41-c4d437b0cff7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7812"
source_hash: "f03a5cfee0aa458a653d3c9b791e93e0e9e2c0aa9d05ee8a08041ce884375d8a"
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 7812 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the use of opioid antagonists by public accommodations for opioid overdose prevention

Authorizes the use of opioid antagonists by persons or entities for opioid overdose prevention; defines "entity".

## Version chain

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

1. **A7812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7812&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A7812A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7812A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL L — primary (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-23** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-28** PRINT NUMBER 7812A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** REPORTED
- **2020-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.429
- **2020-03-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-03-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-03-02** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8259
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.853
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.148 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6922b80-68c1-4094-9b41-c4d437b0cff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).