---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a state council on developmental disabilities"
description: "Renames the developmental disabilities planning council to be the state council on developmental disabilities; changes membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6543"
citation: "New York A 6543 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca Seawright"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-14"
last_action: "2023-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e5ce47-e8bf-4963-a97d-fddaec09c8f0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6543"
source_hash: "5bae53c934c4e072e12d0a17a2283a9bc869ef63d3f9bf817506537d14631528"
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 6543 (2023-2024) — Relates to a state council on developmental disabilities

Renames the developmental disabilities planning council to be the state council on developmental disabilities; changes membership.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6543&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rebecca Seawright — primary (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-14** REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** REPORTED
- **2023-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.216
- **2023-05-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-15** REFERRED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7094
- **2023-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1415
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-14** SIGNED CHAP.368 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e5ce47-e8bf-4963-a97d-fddaec09c8f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).