New York A 1039: Establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing planned and unplanned primary cesarean sections

Status: REFERRED TO HEALTH (as of 2026-02-24)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1039

Sponsors: Amy Paulin, Angelo Santabarbara, Dana Levenberg, Harvey Epstein, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Jo Anne Simon, John Zaccaro Jr., Jonathan Jacobson, Rebecca Seawright, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Sarah Clark, Steven Otis

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A01039 Summary:

BILL NOA01039A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Seawright, Simon, Bichotte Hermelyn, Clark, Levenberg, Epstein, Jacobson, Zaccaro,
 Santabarbara, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Add &sect;2500-n, Pub Health L

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Establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing a planned or unplanned primary cesarean section.

Go to top A01039 Actions:

BILL NOA01039A

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01/08/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

01/23/2026amend (t) and recommit to health

01/23/2026print number 1039a

02/11/2026reported 

02/12/2026advanced to third reading cal.251

02/24/2026passed assembly

02/24/2026delivered to senate

02/24/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

Go to topA01039 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:02/11/2026AYE/NAY:24/0 Action: Favorable PaulinAyeJensenAye

DinowitzAyeGandolfoAye

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzAye

HevesiAyeGrayAye

SteckAyeSlaterAye

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiAye

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberAbsent

SayeghAyeDursoAye

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAbsent

MeeksAye

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Go to topA01039 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:02/24/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 131/0Yes &#8225

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

Yes 

Friend 

Yes 

Lemondes 

ER 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Levenberg 

Yes 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smith 

Yes 

Angelino 

Yes 

Cashman 

Yes 

Gallahan 

ER 

Lucas 

Yes 

Powers 

Yes 

Smullen 

Yes 

Bailey 

Yes &#8225

Chandler-Waterm 

Yes 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

Yes 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chang 

ER 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Giglio 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

Yes 

Beephan 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Glick 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

Yes 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Ramos 

Yes 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gray 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Reilly 

Yes 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

ER 

Cook 

Yes 

Griffin 

ER 

McDonough 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

ER 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Hawley 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

ER 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hevesi 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes &#8225

Torres 

Yes &#8225

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

Mikulin 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

Yes 

Bologna 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes &#8225

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

ER 

Bores 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

ER 

Walker 

Yes 

Brabenec 

Yes 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Jackson 

Yes 

Molitor 

Yes 

Sayegh 

Yes 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Moreno 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jensen 

Yes 

Morinello 

ER 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

ER 

Brook-Krasny 

Yes &#8225

DiPietro 

Yes 

Kassay 

Yes 

Norber 

Yes 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

Yes 

Brown EA 

Yes 

Durso 

Yes 

Kay 

Yes 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

Yes 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eachus 

ER 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

Yes 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kim 

ER 

Otis 

ER 

Shrestha 

ER 

Yeger 

Yes 

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

Yes 

Lasher 

Yes 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simon 

ER 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

ER 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes &#8225

Paulin 

Yes 

Simone 

Yes 

Zinerman 

ER 

Buttenschon 

Yes 

Forrest 

Yes 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

Yes 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

 &#8225 Indicates voting via videoconference 

Go to topA01039 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1039--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, CLARK, LEVENBERG, JACOBSON, ZACCARO, SANTABARBARA,
 OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommit-
 ted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
 sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommi

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