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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 226: Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 226 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages. Primary sponsor: Catalina Cruz (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Catalina CruzPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Stefani ZinermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  2. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  3. REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source