---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term \"emotionally disturbed person\""
description: "Requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term \"emotionally disturbed person\" with the term \"person experiencing an emotional crisis\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 4762"
citation: "New York A 4762 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monique Chandler-Waterman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7880db1c-c6ee-4e31-a65a-a6a4a76c6cee"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4762"
source_hash: "646ed4e9988a4465831dbabea20bcee734df93cf324360e7d67d98634a9fbc0e"
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 4762 (2025-2026) — Requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term "emotionally disturbed person"

Requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term "emotionally disturbed person" with the term "person experiencing an emotional crisis".

## Version chain

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

1. **A4762** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4762&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A4762A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4762A)
3. **A4762B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4762B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **50–9** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **132–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monique Chandler-Waterman — primary (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Khaleel Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
- Nikki Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 4762A `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED
- **2025-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.385
- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.385
- **2025-06-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4762B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8210A
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1858
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-09-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-26** SIGNED CHAP.414 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7880db1c-c6ee-4e31-a65a-a6a4a76c6cee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).