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Bill	Replaces certain references to "mentally retarded" or "mentally ill" persons with the term "individuals with a developmental disability"	Replaces certain instances of the term "mentally retarded" with the term "individuals with developmental disabilities".	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 7443	New York A 7443 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	ABINANTI	4	24	4	2021-05-10	2022-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5ccc3673-78b7-4689-8cd5-c445aca55f97	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7443	11be03223aeb6bcdc7f51e5cf2e0bc6ece2843834fee7497e6c9584049417657	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 7443 (2021-2022) — Replaces certain references to "mentally retarded" or "mentally ill" persons with the term "individuals with a developmental disability"

Replaces certain instances of the term "mentally retarded" with the term "individuals with developmental disabilities".

Version chain

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

1. A7443 (committee substitute) — source
2. A7443A (committee substitute) — source
3. A7443B (committee substitute) — source
4. A7443C (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 145–1 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: C — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• MOTION:ABINANTI; To reconsider — 145–0 (pass) · lower
• Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — 148–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• ABINANTI — primary (person)
• BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
• BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
• OTIS — cosponsor (person)
• ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
• SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
• SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
• WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-10 REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES referral-committee
• 2022-01-13 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO SOCIAL SERVICES amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-01-13 PRINT NUMBER 7443A amendment-passage
• 2022-01-25 REPORTED
• 2022-01-27 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.310
• 2022-02-02 AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 7443
• 2022-04-27 AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 7443B amendment-passage
• 2022-05-04 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-05-04 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2022-05-04 REFERRED TO DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2022-05-05 RECALLED FROM SENATE
• 2022-05-05 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-05-05 VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
• 2022-05-05 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7443C amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 REPASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-05-10 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2022-05-10 RECOMMITTED TO DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 SUBSTITUTED FOR S6195B
• 2022-05-18 3RD READING CAL.837
• 2022-05-18 REPASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-05-18 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-07-26 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-07-26 SIGNED CHAP.477 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ccc3673-78b7-4689-8cd5-c445aca55f97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).