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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-7886.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to persons responsible for the disposition of the remains of a decedent"
+description: "Provides that if there are more than two members of certain classes of persons entitled to control the disposition of remains of a decedent, the disposition shall be determined by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 7886"
+citation: "New York A 7886 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-05-28"
+last_action: "2022-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1b26cdb-1a1b-498f-be5b-058141a7e1af"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7886"
+source_hash: "ee104438a20a9fe63276332b629210b7234c92f39b6b64cc75dda2c40189aeb6"
+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 7886 (2021-2022) — Relates to persons responsible for the disposition of the remains of a decedent
+
+Provides that if there are more than two members of certain classes of persons entitled to control the disposition of remains of a decedent, the disposition shall be determined by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7886** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7886&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-28** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-11** REPORTED
+- **2022-01-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.289
+- **2022-01-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-01-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-01-18** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7012
+- **2022-03-08** 3RD READING CAL.446
+- **2022-03-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-03-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-04-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-09** SIGNED CHAP.191 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1b26cdb-1a1b-498f-be5b-058141a7e1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+