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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-5991.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permits doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed"
+description: "Requires maternal healthcare facilities to permit doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 5991"
+citation: "New York S 5991 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Roxanne J. Persaud"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-03-24"
+last_action: "2024-12-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73eb4571-8f8d-4ab5-9bc5-a74261c229fc"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5991"
+source_hash: "f510b26a1ad513b92877b21c0872f4b914d9f645a73b0203b7e82b66252f6383"
+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 S 5991 (2023-2024) — Permits doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed
+
+Requires maternal healthcare facilities to permit doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5991** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5991&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S5991A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5991A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
+- Women's Issues Vote - Version: A — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Women's Issues Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Roxanne J. Persaud — primary (person)
+- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-24** REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 5991A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1261
+- **2023-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2023-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.100
+- **2024-01-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2024-01-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2024-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-01-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-22** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7606
+- **2024-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.230
+- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-01-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.654 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.83
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73eb4571-8f8d-4ab5-9bc5-a74261c229fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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