---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to reporting abuses of persons receiving care or services in residential care facilities"
description: "Relates to reporting abuses of persons receiving care or services in residential care facilities; includes misappropriation of property; establishes independent quality monitors and requirements relating to assets of operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5908"
citation: "New York S 5908 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f43ae9a-6c60-4d70-a644-05cfb56afde7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5908"
source_hash: "bd12b4eeb3552cab84cbf4498160350a47b10571451a6abb4ade5f03fff3e212"
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 5908 (2019-2020) — Relates to reporting abuses of persons receiving care or services in residential care facilities

Relates to reporting abuses of persons receiving care or services in residential care facilities; includes misappropriation of property; establishes independent quality monitors and requirements relating to assets of operators.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5908** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5908&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **91–43** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1672
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4757A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.681
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.677 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f43ae9a-6c60-4d70-a644-05cfb56afde7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).