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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to prohibiting charges for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death"
+description: "Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 2311"
+citation: "New York A 2311 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Zaccaro Jr."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-11-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2397d0b7-cb87-4e92-9760-72aa9d855e00"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2311"
+source_hash: "52ec931487e77be8dda468e74859bd278d32165ccd8358672257c5358533f6c0"
+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 2311 (2025-2026) — Relates to prohibiting charges for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death
+
+Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A2311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2311&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A2311A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A2311A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Zaccaro Jr. — primary (person)
+- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Anil Beephan Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Manktelow — cosponsor (person)
+- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel Norber — cosponsor (person)
+- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
+- John K. Mikulin — cosponsor (person)
+- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
+- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
+- Kalman Yeger — cosponsor (person)
+- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
+- Karl Brabenec — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew Simpson — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Novakhov — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Tannousis — cosponsor (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Smullen — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Gray — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 2311A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
+- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.486
+- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.486
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1807A
+- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1603
+- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.510 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-11-21** APPROVAL MEMO.6
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2397d0b7-cb87-4e92-9760-72aa9d855e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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