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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program"
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description: "Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "A 203"
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citation: "New York A 203 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Catalina Cruz"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-12-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74c91163-47d9-4ed3-9141-8fd65757df10"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A203"
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source_hash: "52104896572cad229abd323216857f2e79563df2a5957aa8ba81b7f9ff36c853"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 203 (2025-2026) — Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program
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Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A203&term=2025&Text=Y)
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2. **A203A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A203A)
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3. **A203B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A203B)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote - Version: B — **58–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Catalina Cruz — primary (person)
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- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
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- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
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- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
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- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
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- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- Claire Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
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- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
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- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
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- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
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- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
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- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
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- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
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- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
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- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
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- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Hawley — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
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- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 203A `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 203B `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-08** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-10** REPORTED
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- **2025-06-10** RULES REPORT CAL.545
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- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.545
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- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5294B
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- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.893
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- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.618 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c91163-47d9-4ed3-9141-8fd65757df10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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