---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a statewide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity"
description: "Establishes a statewide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5913"
citation: "New York A 5913 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2022-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3e0921f-e6b5-4a55-bce1-f2a2436c3ba0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5913"
source_hash: "37d3922e104ab4225718663a8dab698222de8f440a80a128c5d3783262f2ec06"
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 5913 (2021-2022) — Establishes a statewide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity

Establishes a statewide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of diversity.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5913&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A5913A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A5913A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LAVINE — primary (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-08** PRINT NUMBER 5913A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** REPORTED
- **2022-03-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.471
- **2022-03-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-30** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S123A
- **2022-03-31** 3RD READING CAL.88
- **2022-03-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3e0921f-e6b5-4a55-bce1-f2a2436c3ba0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).