---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to physician coursework or training in nutrition"
description: "Requires the department of health to develop, maintain, and distribute to practicing and licensed physicians in the state a resource library related to continuing medical education and training opportunities regarding nutrition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5985"
citation: "New York A 5985 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Rosenthal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3920bfc6-0d78-4c63-bd7a-fb35ec2647d3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5985"
source_hash: "ad20f321e45f41f0157bebd52a773c2260da3c6ebe8f5efccdad8e59e4630fe7"
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 5985 (2023-2024) — Relates to physician coursework or training in nutrition

Requires the department of health to develop, maintain, and distribute to practicing and licensed physicians in the state a resource library related to continuing medical education and training opportunities regarding nutrition.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5985&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A5985A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5985A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Rosenthal — primary (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 5985A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.259
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.259
- **2023-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-24** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4401A
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1477
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.743 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.67

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3920bfc6-0d78-4c63-bd7a-fb35ec2647d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).