---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"Investing in Care Act\""
description: "Directs the commissioner of economic development, in consultation with the commissioner of health, labor and OCFS to study, develop, and implement a long-term strategy to support the growth of the caregiving industry in New York state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6590"
citation: "New York A 6590 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KELLES"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-19"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b70b2f6-43b6-4eb4-a62b-0b0fcad79f83"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6590"
source_hash: "e394acd0544a311ae1dbf03c537c202b4b5111ba873f1376c9f26f15c6d07588"
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 6590 (2021-2022) — Enacts the "Investing in Care Act"

Directs the commissioner of economic development, in consultation with the commissioner of health, labor and OCFS to study, develop, and implement a long-term strategy to support the growth of the caregiving industry in New York state.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6590&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A6590A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6590A)
3. **A6590B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6590B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KELLES — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-19** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 6590A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 6590B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** REPORTED
- **2021-06-02** RULES REPORT CAL.351
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.351
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4652B
- **2021-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1261
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.744 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b70b2f6-43b6-4eb4-a62b-0b0fcad79f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).