---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes standard nursing home staffing levels"
description: "Provides for standard minimum nursing home staffing levels by regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7119"
citation: "New York A 7119 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-22"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01aa8327-7e3f-4156-aac1-d6da76457340"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7119"
source_hash: "38bcda578687f17a04f87f01b8f5b56ab1246c0521ec69a4c103f99ce50e6947"
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 7119 (2021-2022) — Establishes standard nursing home staffing levels

Provides for standard minimum nursing home staffing levels by regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7119&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **126–24** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **54–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GUNTHER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-22** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** REPORTED
- **2021-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.278
- **2021-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-04** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6346
- **2021-05-04** 3RD READING CAL.733
- **2021-05-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** SIGNED CHAP.156 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01aa8327-7e3f-4156-aac1-d6da76457340`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).