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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-3487.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to permitting combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space"
+description: "Relates to permitting combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space, currently it is only allowed if separated by a hyphen."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 3487"
+citation: "New York A 3487 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["SIMON"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-29"
+last_action: "2019-11-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43bdfda4-e0c9-4467-a659-6b5529f7e559"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3487"
+source_hash: "35cc0ebfdf11f89520bc7a2f141df42ad590f6f98582dd450c8b1ea6053dbc50"
+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 3487 (2019-2020) — Relates to permitting combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space
+
+Relates to permitting combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space, currently it is only allowed if separated by a hyphen.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A3487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3487&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **59–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- SIMON — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-05** REPORTED
+- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.110
+- **2019-03-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-03-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-03-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4622
+- **2019-03-28** 3RD READING CAL.354
+- **2019-03-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-03-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.497 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43bdfda4-e0c9-4467-a659-6b5529f7e559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+