---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the developmental disabilities advisory council to evaluate the state's response to the COVID-19 state disaster emergency for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities"
description: "Requires the developmental disabilities advisory council to evaluate and produce a report on the state's response to the COVID-19 state disaster emergency as it relates to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities with assistance from OPWDD and the department of health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6294"
citation: "New York S 6294 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MANNION"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-20"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f55e93-c9c4-4bef-82d2-37828452d609"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6294"
source_hash: "9a19672cb73b4216896fec87ad659a604caf71fbadfb8aa5ef621c308107737c"
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 S 6294 (2021-2022) — Requires the developmental disabilities advisory council to evaluate the state's response to the COVID-19 state disaster emergency for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities

Requires the developmental disabilities advisory council to evaluate and produce a report on the state's response to the COVID-19 state disaster emergency as it relates to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities with assistance from OPWDD and the department of health.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6294&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6294A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6294A)

## Votes

- Disabilities Vote — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–3** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **20–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MANNION — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-20** REFERRED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1025
- **2021-05-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6294A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7381A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.474
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.711 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.86

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f55e93-c9c4-4bef-82d2-37828452d609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).