---
type: "Bill"
title: "Replaces the terms \"mentally retarded\", \"mental retardation\" and variants thereof with \"developmentally disabled\" and \"developmental disability\""
description: "Replaces the terms \"mentally retarded\", \"mental retardation\" and variants thereof with \"developmentally disabled\" and \"developmental disability\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 3313"
citation: "New York S 3313 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c07a437-cc5b-4b91-ad08-e801f80a6c10"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S3313"
source_hash: "ba72cc836cb64900c29f2ad2031cac092dc3506b201da2f5ff26afedaaad1ec3"
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 S 3313 (2023-2024) — Replaces the terms "mentally retarded", "mental retardation" and variants thereof with "developmentally disabled" and "developmental disability"

Replaces the terms "mentally retarded", "mental retardation" and variants thereof with "developmentally disabled" and "developmental disability".

## Version chain

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

1. **S3313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3313&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S3313A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S3313A)
3. **S3313B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S3313B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Disabilities Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)
- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** REFERRED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO DISABILITIES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** PRINT NUMBER 3313A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.990
- **2023-05-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-05** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3313B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-08** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5879A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.708
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-14** SIGNED CHAP.370 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c07a437-cc5b-4b91-ad08-e801f80a6c10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).