---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing language access services"
description: "Relates to providing certain language access services for injured employees with limited English proficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5609"
citation: "New York A 5609 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nily Rozic"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b2390a0-fc2a-4b77-8c40-be132b99dd00"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5609"
source_hash: "032b6001bd2e98f2a7ca8f88cdc3ac1bddcff9218ac702bf3828bd7b93d91be1"
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 5609 (2023-2024) — Relates to providing language access services

Relates to providing certain language access services for injured employees with limited English proficiency.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5609&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **116–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nily Rozic — primary (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** REPORTED
- **2023-03-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.98
- **2023-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6096
- **2023-05-31** 3RD READING CAL.1063
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.390 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b2390a0-fc2a-4b77-8c40-be132b99dd00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).