---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to antimicrobial resistance prevention and education"
description: "Relates to antimicrobial resistance prevention and education; requires every general hospital and nursing home to establish and implement an antimicrobial stewardship program and establish and implement training regarding antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention and control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5847"
citation: "New York A 5847 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d78a7ad-e5d7-4abf-9673-48209001f8ca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5847"
source_hash: "b693bf2621ba0254e3ae787d39e5d3cbbfdd90210722e15d7ba7f330000d87da"
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 5847 (2021-2022) — Relates to antimicrobial resistance prevention and education

Relates to antimicrobial resistance prevention and education; requires every general hospital and nursing home to establish and implement an antimicrobial stewardship program and establish and implement training regarding antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention and control.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5847&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WOERNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** REPORTED
- **2021-03-02** RULES REPORT CAL.31
- **2021-03-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.31
- **2021-03-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-04** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2191
- **2021-03-10** 3RD READING CAL.353
- **2021-03-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.737 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.104

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d78a7ad-e5d7-4abf-9673-48209001f8ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).