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Bill	Replaces certain instances of the term mentally retarded or variations of such term with the term developmentally disabled or variations of such term	Replaces certain instances of the term mentally retarded or variations of such term with the term developmentally disabled or variations of such term.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 7882	New York A 7882 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	ABINANTI	2	17	2	2021-05-28	2022-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/fe5cb6dd-c01a-4347-9db6-b0a6a739df5d	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7882	937abda7060f99cd6646d554d2de6a2cbfebcff02ff170a31fbeaf4ec839fcce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 7882 (2021-2022) — Replaces certain instances of the term mentally retarded or variations of such term with the term developmentally disabled or variations of such term

Replaces certain instances of the term mentally retarded or variations of such term with the term developmentally disabled or variations of such term.

Version chain

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

1. A7882 (committee substitute) — source
2. A7882A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 144–2 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 63–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• ABINANTI — primary (person)
• DARLING — cosponsor (person)
• GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-28 REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2022-05-06 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-05-06 PRINT NUMBER 7882A amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2022-05-16 REPORTED
• 2022-05-16 RULES REPORT CAL.201
• 2022-05-16 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.201
• 2022-05-16 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-05-16 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2022-05-16 REFERRED TO DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2022-06-01 SUBSTITUTED FOR S6789A
• 2022-06-01 3RD READING CAL.1763
• 2022-06-01 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-06-01 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-07-26 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-07-26 SIGNED CHAP.479 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe5cb6dd-c01a-4347-9db6-b0a6a739df5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).