---
type: "Bill"
title: "Replaces the term addict with the term person with substance use disorder"
description: "Replaces the term addict with the term person with substance use disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8758"
citation: "New York S 8758 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathalia Fernandez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e859318-78c7-4375-8709-d61db293e5f8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8758"
source_hash: "143438f172428de676edfa76941e8e28c50f9d8d5669144e2894b988f06a2f62"
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 S 8758 (2025-2026) — Replaces the term addict with the term person with substance use disorder

Replaces the term addict with the term person with substance use disorder.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8758&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **53–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nathalia Fernandez — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.61
- **2026-01-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-21** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9474
- **2026-02-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.75
- **2026-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-02-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.42 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e859318-78c7-4375-8709-d61db293e5f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).