republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-5538.md

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Bill	Relates to directing the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study on debit card use	Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study in consultation with the comptroller's office on whether it is feasible to allow the use of debit cards for residents' cash accounts to be used for facilities and service providers holding operating certificates.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 5538	New York S 5538 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	BROOKS	2	23	7	2019-05-06	2020-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/a76fbe56-35eb-497c-b9aa-99373d0f970f	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5538	eb78a6f179dd15c520e71bc0ed59338a0f537ee31fd07b6b178f43a733d148c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 5538 (2019-2020) — Relates to directing the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study on debit card use

Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study in consultation with the comptroller's office on whether it is feasible to allow the use of debit cards for residents' cash accounts to be used for facilities and service providers holding operating certificates.

Version chain

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

1. S5538 (committee substitute) — source
2. S5538A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote — 60–0 (pass) · upper
• Finance Vote — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 132–0 (pass) · lower
• Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Vote — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Rules Vote — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Vote — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• BROOKS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-06 REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2019-05-14 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE referral-committee
• 2019-05-21 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2019-05-21 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.824
• 2019-05-29 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2019-05-29 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2019-05-29 REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 DIED IN ASSEMBLY
• 2020-01-08 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-01-08 REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 1ST REPORT CAL.182
• 2020-01-21 AMENDED 5538A amendment-passage
• 2020-01-21 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2020-01-22 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2020-01-27 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-01-27 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-01-27 REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 SUBSTITUTED FOR A7859A
• 2020-02-24 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.402
• 2020-02-24 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-02-24 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-09-25 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-10-07 SIGNED CHAP.234 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a76fbe56-35eb-497c-b9aa-99373d0f970f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).