---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to evidence of loss of consciousness for the purposes of maintaining a driver's license"
description: "Relates to evidence of loss of consciousness for the purposes of maintaining a driver's license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8983"
citation: "New York A 8983 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CARROLL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1528b79f-daf1-4cb7-8d8c-d350d9b88536"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8983"
source_hash: "8b740eb1c0118add0bea90603b6231a38070d39d88a8a6d0f7a4068b41ce95dc"
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 8983 (2019-2020) — Relates to evidence of loss of consciousness for the purposes of maintaining a driver's license

Relates to evidence of loss of consciousness for the purposes of maintaining a driver's license.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8983** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8983&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CARROLL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** REPORTED
- **2020-01-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.376
- **2020-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6967
- **2020-02-10** 3RD READING CAL.46
- **2020-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.31 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1528b79f-daf1-4cb7-8d8c-d350d9b88536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).