---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring anaphylactic policies for child care services"
description: "Relates to requiring anaphylactic policies for child care services setting forth guidelines and procedures to be followed for both the prevention of anaphylaxis and during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 218"
citation: "New York S 218 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb3d8f9b-c81c-4c8e-8908-35408e65781f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S218"
source_hash: "7f46bbddd69c2e52ff26be8af23bdc1b800f531eee52f80cd9823db29222e1a0"
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 218 (2019-2020) — Relates to requiring anaphylactic policies for child care services

Relates to requiring anaphylactic policies for child care services setting forth guidelines and procedures to be followed for both the prevention of anaphylaxis and during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis.

## Version chain

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

1. **S218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S218&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S218A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S218A)
3. **S218B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S218B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: B — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** PRINT NUMBER 218A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 218B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.768
- **2019-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6971B
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.157
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.254 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb3d8f9b-c81c-4c8e-8908-35408e65781f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).