---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program"
description: "Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 203"
citation: "New York A 203 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catalina Cruz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74c91163-47d9-4ed3-9141-8fd65757df10"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A203"
source_hash: "52104896572cad229abd323216857f2e79563df2a5957aa8ba81b7f9ff36c853"
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 203 (2025-2026) — Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program

Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards.

## Version chain

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

1. **A203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A203&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A203A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A203A)
3. **A203B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A203B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Catalina Cruz — primary (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hawley — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 203A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 203B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-08** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** REPORTED
- **2025-06-10** RULES REPORT CAL.545
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.545
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5294B
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.893
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.618 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c91163-47d9-4ed3-9141-8fd65757df10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).