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legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/a-1944.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions"
+description: "Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions; makes certain provisions retroactive."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 1944"
+citation: "New York A 1944 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-11-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/435c1647-6fde-4b17-80a3-edd4a195c522"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1944"
+source_hash: "9b851a9841e79d45e3ff82d9cc55c73cc1bc4e92e760bf6297e5afbfe103686d"
+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 1944 (2025-2026) — Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions
+
+Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions; makes certain provisions retroactive.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A1944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1944&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-13** REPORTED
+- **2025-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.148
+- **2025-05-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-05-19** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3765
+- **2025-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.495
+- **2025-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.509 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-11-21** APPROVAL MEMO.5
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/435c1647-6fde-4b17-80a3-edd4a195c522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+