---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled"
description: "Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1588"
citation: "New York S 1588 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88274f44-2ca7-4911-81c3-463eca2ef367"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1588"
source_hash: "5eff783a05501a239e8bad980e300b61dcfccbf2d7888cf8827e7a8fe01f9b96"
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 S 1588 (2019-2020) — Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled

Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1588** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1588&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Cities Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.893
- **2019-05-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4000
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.120
- **2019-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-04** SIGNED CHAP.341 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88274f44-2ca7-4911-81c3-463eca2ef367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).