republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-10105.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts \"Gittel's law\""
description: "Expands the definition of mental health care provider to include licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists, for purposes of certain sex offenses committed during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 10105"
citation: "New York A 10105 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Berger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-03"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94aba94c-e434-43de-85c3-6b9b48421a2c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A10105"
source_hash: "364ec1c3ee644ebe634f2973c4fc14944cc3db055b4212ae5c71bc2f0198c3ee"
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 A 10105 (2023-2024) — Enacts "Gittel's law"

Expands the definition of mental health care provider to include licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists, for purposes of certain sex offenses committed during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10105&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A10105A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A10105A)
3. **A10105B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A10105B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sam Berger — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo J. Morinello — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Clyde Vanel — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Didi Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- Erik Dilan — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Harry B. Bronson — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gary Pretlow — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jenifer Rajkumar — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Khaleel Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Landon C. Dais — cosponsor (person)
- Latrice Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Benedetto — cosponsor (person)
- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian Cook — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 10105A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 10105B `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** REPORTED
- **2024-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.415
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.415
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9294A
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1450
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.636 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94aba94c-e434-43de-85c3-6b9b48421a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).