---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to county, city, village or town commissions on human rights"
description: "Relates to county, city, village or town commissions on human rights; adds additional human rights protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5138"
citation: "New York S 5138 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c427b419-08a0-43f0-ad11-06987f84257d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5138"
source_hash: "6c725482b237ea348868b637436201af63760ed44d0a94e889ee66738e2435ed"
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 5138 (2019-2020) — Relates to county, city, village or town commissions on human rights

Relates to county, city, village or town commissions on human rights; adds additional human rights protections.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5138&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **54–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.937
- **2019-05-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7565
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.398
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.560 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c427b419-08a0-43f0-ad11-06987f84257d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).