NY-A576-2019

New York · A 576 · 2019

Designates as professional misconduct, engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age.

Bill key

NY-A576-2019

State

New York

Session

2019

Introduced

January 9, 2019

Last recorded status

passed

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

Assemb. 576, 2019–2020 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2019) (enacted), https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A576.

Short citation

N.Y. Assemb. 576.

Topics

• Conversion therapy

Tags

• Conversion Therapy Ban

Summary

Designates as professional misconduct, engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age.

Sponsors

12 primary sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Deborah Glick	Democratic	Representative	HD-066	Primary sponsor
Vivian Cook	Democratic	Representative	HD-032	Primary sponsor
Steven Englebright	Democratic	Representative	HD-004	Primary sponsor
Sandra Galef	Democratic	Representative	HD-095	Primary sponsor
Andrew Hevesi	Democratic	Representative	HD-028	Primary sponsor
Charles Lavine	Democratic	Representative	HD-013	Primary sponsor
Catherine Nolan	Democratic	Representative	HD-037	Primary sponsor
Diane Richardson	Democratic	Representative	HD-043	Primary sponsor
Sean Ryan	Democratic	Representative	SD-061	Primary sponsor
Phillip Steck	Democratic	Representative	HD-110	Primary sponsor
Albert Stirpe	Democratic	Representative	HD-127	Primary sponsor
Fred Thiele	Democratic	Representative	HD-001	Primary sponsor

39 co-sponsors

Co-sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Ellen Jaffee	Democratic	Representative	HD-097	Co-sponsor
Daniel O'Donnell	Democratic	Representative	HD-069	Co-sponsor
Didi Barrett	Democratic	Representative	HD-106	Co-sponsor
Kenneth Zebrowski	Democratic	Representative	HD-096	Co-sponsor
Linda Rosenthal	Democratic	Representative	HD-067	Co-sponsor
Thomas Abinanti	Democratic	Representative	HD-092	Co-sponsor
Carmen Arroyo	Democratic	Representative	HD-084	Co-sponsor
David Buchwald	Democratic	Representative	HD-093	Co-sponsor
Harry Bronson	Democratic	Representative	HD-138	Co-sponsor
William Magnarelli	Democratic	Representative	HD-129	Co-sponsor
David Weprin	Democratic	Representative	HD-024	Co-sponsor
Barbara Lifton	Democratic	Representative	HD-125	Co-sponsor
Rebecca Seawright	Democratic	Representative	HD-076	Co-sponsor
Richard Gottfried	Democratic	Representative	HD-075	Co-sponsor
Michael Blake	Democratic	Representative	HD-079	Co-sponsor
Patrick Burke	Democratic	Representative	HD-142	Co-sponsor
Robert Carroll	Democratic	Representative	HD-044	Co-sponsor
Catalina Cruz	Democratic	Representative	HD-039	Co-sponsor
Harvey Epstein	Democratic	Representative	HD-074	Co-sponsor
Charles Fall	Democratic	Representative	HD-061	Co-sponsor
Mathylde Frontus	Democratic	Representative	HD-046	Co-sponsor
Judy Griffin	Democratic	Representative	HD-021	Co-sponsor
Jonathan Jacobson	Democratic	Representative	HD-104	Co-sponsor
Karen McMahon	Democratic	Representative	HD-146	Co-sponsor
Steven Otis	Democratic	Representative	HD-091	Co-sponsor
Karines Reyes	Democratic	Representative	HD-087	Co-sponsor
Jamie Romeo	Democratic	Representative	HD-136	Co-sponsor
Alfred Taylor	Democratic	Representative	HD-071	Co-sponsor
Carmen De La Rosa	Democratic	Representative	HD-072	Co-sponsor
Felix Ortiz	Democratic	Representative	HD-051	Co-sponsor
Inez Dickens	Democratic	Representative	HD-070	Co-sponsor
Walter Mosley	Democratic	Representative	HD-057	Co-sponsor
Kevin Byrne	Republican	Representative	HD-094	Co-sponsor
Kevin Cahill	Democratic	Representative	HD-103	Co-sponsor
Jeffrey Dinowitz	Democratic	Representative	HD-081	Co-sponsor
Latrice Walker	Democratic	Representative	HD-055	Co-sponsor
Nathalia Fernandez	Democratic	Representative	SD-034	Co-sponsor
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn	Democratic	Representative	HD-042	Co-sponsor
Ron Kim	Democratic	Representative	HD-040	Co-sponsor

Status changes

• October 13, 2026: passed → passed

From the tracker's nightly log of status changes, which begins on 29 September 2026.

Bill text

• As introduced (14,915 characters)

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