---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the duty to report incidents"
description: "Requires every mandated reporter to make a report to the register unless the register has knowledge of the incident."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5697"
citation: "New York A 5697 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Didi Barrett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c10565-0a23-4f13-9527-088adeb87273"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5697"
source_hash: "ae1eceef44f1fe25a3ddde8c06264e468d3636941f974913b10b68ef5713277d"
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 5697 (2023-2024) — Relates to the duty to report incidents

Requires every mandated reporter to make a report to the register unless the register has knowledge of the incident.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5697&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **43–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **104–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Didi Barrett — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** REPORTED
- **2023-04-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.141
- **2023-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-10** REFERRED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4521
- **2023-05-31** 3RD READING CAL.1202
- **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.391 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5c10565-0a23-4f13-9527-088adeb87273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).