---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes increased equity withdrawals by certain non-public residential health care facilities"
description: "Authorizes increased equity withdrawals by certain non-public residential health care facilities; establishes the nursing home worker recruitment and safety fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 5369"
citation: "New York S 5369 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be27a290-c965-4ec7-bd65-95f0233db407"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5369"
source_hash: "5da45343a0521009cb057e8ca34b054bef43cad936be6cca0444e6853871350b"
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 5369 (2025-2026) — Authorizes increased equity withdrawals by certain non-public residential health care facilities

Authorizes increased equity withdrawals by certain non-public residential health care facilities; establishes the nursing home worker recruitment and safety fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5369&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1746
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2051
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.768
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.695 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.72

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be27a290-c965-4ec7-bd65-95f0233db407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).