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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report"
+description: "Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 6986"
+citation: "New York A 6986 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["SOLAGES"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-04-03"
+last_action: "2020-12-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6867ba5-d73f-4b46-917d-d35f6ac92133"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6986"
+source_hash: "a55fb644d9e95d74d5cd17c68c039860dffe736484d9b1ab114afd9fa2ea983e"
+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 6986 (2019-2020) — Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report
+
+Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A6986** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6986&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **A6986A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A6986A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- SOLAGES — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-28** PRINT NUMBER 6986A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
+- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.383
+- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.383
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
+- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.251
+- **2020-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-02-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2020-02-05** REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6707
+- **2020-03-04** 3RD READING CAL.479
+- **2020-03-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-11-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-12-02** SIGNED CHAP.308 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-12-02** APPROVAL MEMO.20
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6867ba5-d73f-4b46-917d-d35f6ac92133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+