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IntroducedMar 27, 2025
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Passed SenateJun 04, 2026
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Passed AssemblyJun 05, 2026
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Became Law
New York Senate Bill
Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act and requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program
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Assembly • Jun 05, 2026: RETURNED TO SENATE
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- SALAZARcosponsor
Votes
YES: 52
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
- Jamaal Bailey
- April Baskin
- Erik Bottcher
- Jabari Brisport
- Samra Brouk
- Siela Bynoe
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
- Stephen T. Chan
- Cordell Cleare
- Leroy Comrie
- Patricia Fahy
- Nathalia Fernandez
- Michael Gianaris
- Kristen Gonzalez
- Andrew Gounardes
- Pete Harckham
- Pamela Helming
- Michelle Hinchey
- Robert Jackson
- Brian Kavanagh
- Liz Krueger
- Andrew J. Lanza
- John Liu
- Monica Martinez
- Jack M. Martins
- Mario Mattera
- Rachel May
- Shelley Mayer
- Dean Murray
- Zellnor Myrie
- Thomas F. O'Mara
- Peter Oberacker
- Robert Ortt
- Anthony H. Palumbo
- Roxanne J. Persaud
- Jessica Ramos
- Gustavo Rivera
- Robert Rolison
- Christopher Ryan
- Julia Salazar
- James Sanders Jr.
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- José M. Serrano
- James Skoufis
- Toby Ann Stavisky
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins
- James Tedisco
- Lea Webb
- William Weber
- Jeremy Zellner
NO: 8
ABSENT: 1
EXCUSED: 2
Actions
- Jun 05, 2026 | Assembly
- SUBSTITUTED FOR A4018A
- ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.291
- PASSED ASSEMBLY
- RETURNED TO SENATE
- Jun 04, 2026 | Assembly
- REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- Jun 04, 2026 | Senate
- COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1715
- PASSED SENATE
- DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- May 11, 2026 | Senate
- AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
- PRINT NUMBER 6983A
- Jan 07, 2026 | Senate
- REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
- Mar 27, 2025 | Senate
- REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
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