---
type: "Bill"
title: "Replaces the words addict and addicts with the words persons with substance use disorder or a variation thereof"
description: "Replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 2398"
citation: "New York A 2398 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily Gallagher"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69bfc0b4-6c38-4b87-aa6c-3ab05ccef0bb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2398"
source_hash: "07993d9f845bb8b2b7cd577b397b1b9ffeb9ce0c8c66812b9846185d81787ad3"
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 2398 (2025-2026) — Replaces the words addict and addicts with the words persons with substance use disorder or a variation thereof

Replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2398&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **54–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emily Gallagher — primary (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** REPORTED
- **2025-02-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.19
- **2025-02-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-25** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1814
- **2025-05-19** 3RD READING CAL.986
- **2025-05-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.511 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69bfc0b4-6c38-4b87-aa6c-3ab05ccef0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).