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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-1239.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child"
+description: "Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 1239"
+citation: "New York A 1239 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["JAFFEE"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-14"
+last_action: "2019-12-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44a80cb1-9696-400f-8a5e-0a91c680ff1f"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1239"
+source_hash: "a9f6832ff20a595a1f3cf350b3a7730e9e1bb8660fc2ae228fc521e000611a94"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 1239 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child
+
+Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A1239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1239&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- JAFFEE — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
+- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.24
+- **2019-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-02-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3248
+- **2019-03-18** 3RD READING CAL.239
+- **2019-03-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-03-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.623 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44a80cb1-9696-400f-8a5e-0a91c680ff1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+