---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation at nursing homes and residential health care facilities"
description: "Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation at nursing homes and residential health care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6966"
citation: "New York A 6966 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRONSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-15"
last_action: "2021-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88025858-9693-407c-a0bc-0d8d411819ae"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6966"
source_hash: "35e1982212725cbf9cf6d9028cf4ab1fd5d0535be1d1ef841beeb883fb58e626"
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 6966 (2021-2022) — Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation at nursing homes and residential health care facilities

Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation at nursing homes and residential health care facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6966&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BRONSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED
- **2021-04-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.231
- **2021-04-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-04-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-26** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6203
- **2021-04-27** 3RD READING CAL.727
- **2021-04-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-27** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** SIGNED CHAP.108 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88025858-9693-407c-a0bc-0d8d411819ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).