---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to information to be posted to the division of veterans' affairs website"
description: "Requires the division of veterans' affairs to post contact information for each New York state veterans' home on its website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 5165"
citation: "New York A 5165 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PHEFFER AMATO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4163f614-7d7b-4743-a1b8-baf62ea4ed93"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A5165"
source_hash: "07148ff1bade4026440268e02bd6230e6a3da2fa0a6dbf4481060de92efb2653"
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 5165 (2017-2018) — Relates to information to be posted to the division of veterans' affairs website

Requires the division of veterans' affairs to post contact information for each New York state veterans' home on its website.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5165 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5165&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A5165 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A5165)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PHEFFER AMATO — primary (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- HARRIS — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- TITONE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** REPORTED
- **2017-03-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.162
- **2017-03-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-03-28** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1852
- **2017-05-10** 3RD READING CAL.511
- **2017-05-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.287 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4163f614-7d7b-4743-a1b8-baf62ea4ed93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).