---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to exempting certain funds from the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs"
description: "Exempts certain funds in NY ABLE savings accounts from the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5402"
citation: "New York S 5402 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-29"
last_action: "2019-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbca6f4a-83af-4292-8055-5794651939c8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5402"
source_hash: "2ed15e6c385637dbce56f4b051d89f995084dc1c086451e8b4f32b4fba7f727f"
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 5402 (2019-2020) — Relates to exempting certain funds from the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs

Exempts certain funds in NY ABLE savings accounts from the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5402&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Social Services Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-29** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1387
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7817
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.291
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-03** SIGNED CHAP.329 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbca6f4a-83af-4292-8055-5794651939c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).