New York S 6983: 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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S06983 Summary:

BILL NOS06983A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04018-A

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSRGONZALEZ, JACKSON, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2803-nn, amd §2509, Pub Health L

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Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act; requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires the department of health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths.

Go to top S06983 Actions:

BILL NOS06983A

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

05/11/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

05/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 6983A

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1715

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to ways and means

06/05/2026substituted for a4018a

06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.291

06/05/2026passed assembly

06/05/2026returned to senate

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Go to topS06983 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:06/05/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 92/40Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

No 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Levenberg 

No 

Pirozzolo 

No 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

Yes 

Cashman 

No 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Powers 

No 

Smullen 

No 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

No 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

No 

Barclay 

No 

Chang 

ER 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lupardo 

No 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

No 

Chludzinski 

No 

Giglio 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

ER 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

No 

Beephan 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Glick 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

No 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Conrad 

No 

Gray 

Yes 

McDonald 

No 

Reilly 

No 

Tannousis 

ER 

Berger 

ER 

Cook 

Yes 

Griffin 

ER 

McDonough 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cruz 

No 

Hawley 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

No 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hevesi 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

No 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hooks 

No &#8225

Mikulin 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

ER 

Valdez 

No 

Bologna 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hunter 

No 

Miller 

ER 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

Yes &#8225

Bores 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

No 

Brabenec 

ER 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Jackson 

No 

Molitor 

Yes 

Sayegh 

No 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

ER 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Moreno 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

No 

Jensen 

ER 

Morinello 

Yes 

Seawright 

ER 

Wieder 

Yes 

Brook-Krasny 

No &#8225

DiPietro 

Yes 

Kassay 

No 

Norber 

No 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

No 

Durso 

Yes 

Kay 

No 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

Yes 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eachus 

ER 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shimsky 

ER 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

ER 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Shrestha 

ER 

Yeger 

Yes &#8225

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

Yes 

Lasher 

No 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simon 

Yes 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

No 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

Yes 

Simone 

ER 

Zinerman 

Yes &#8225

Buttenschon 

Yes 

Forrest 

ER 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

No 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

 &#8225 Indicates voting via videoconference 

Go to topS06983 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6983--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, JACKSON, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's
 Issues -- recommitted to the Committee on Women's Issues in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
 tals and other facilitie