---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes technical corrections to references to the office for people with developmental disabilities"
description: "Corrects various laws to ensure that the office for people with developmental disabilities is no longer referred to as the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4276"
citation: "New York S 4276 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1897a6e4-d5a6-4187-8672-38211709f501"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4276"
source_hash: "a5fe34f32cc8c9c3495dbf500339f8ebdeea02d05203a1e0a33aa0ec7484b95e"
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 4276 (2019-2020) — Makes technical corrections to references to the office for people with developmental disabilities

Corrects various laws to ensure that the office for people with developmental disabilities is no longer referred to as the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4276&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.299
- **2019-03-19** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-03-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-25** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6174
- **2019-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.351
- **2019-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-22** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.672 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1897a6e4-d5a6-4187-8672-38211709f501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).