---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; and relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts"
description: "Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5719"
citation: "New York A 5719 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GALEF"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83f72977-44f2-4879-b68a-67ab4848e621"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5719"
source_hash: "3f32228aa38881b3f1ea5b52b9d2377a66405da2efaed2fe801def811b03b011"
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 A 5719 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; and relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts

Authorizes the chief administrator of the courts to establish veterans treatment courts; relates to the removal of certain actions to veterans treatment courts.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5719&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A5719A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A5719A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GALEF — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- GANDOLFO — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HAWLEY — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MANKTELOW — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKES — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMPSON — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STERN — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** PRINT NUMBER 5719A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** REPORTED
- **2021-03-15** RULES REPORT CAL.41
- **2021-03-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.41
- **2021-03-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-16** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1957A
- **2021-03-24** 3RD READING CAL.409
- **2021-03-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** SIGNED CHAP.91 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83f72977-44f2-4879-b68a-67ab4848e621`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).