---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates a Crohn's and colitis identification card"
description: "Creates a Crohn's and colitis identification card to allow people suffering from such illnesses to have access to restrooms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8146"
citation: "New York A 8146 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-04"
last_action: "2020-12-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c71cba6e-1d0d-44d0-9381-8b6d8da97f1f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8146"
source_hash: "cfed5ff740779d369be70ef73c5629a885957f50f28a50e29443827da1d8222e"
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 8146 (2019-2020) — Creates a Crohn's and colitis identification card

Creates a Crohn's and colitis identification card to allow people suffering from such illnesses to have access to restrooms.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8146&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED
- **2020-07-21** RULES REPORT CAL.240
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.240
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6226
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.889
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-11-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-02** SIGNED CHAP.310 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-02** APPROVAL MEMO.22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c71cba6e-1d0d-44d0-9381-8b6d8da97f1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).