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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Amends the effectiveness of provisions related to permitting a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body"
+description: "Amends the effectiveness of provisions related to permitting a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 8756"
+citation: "New York S 8756 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-08"
+last_action: "2026-02-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8058b58-f754-4588-9a4c-afcc1ce8720b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8756"
+source_hash: "e7c5373515f8a21e54c97c092aa64ba0604b6d3cad50a644f4e9b57d6bd642be"
+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 8756 (2025-2026) — Amends the effectiveness of provisions related to permitting a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body
+
+Amends the effectiveness of provisions related to permitting a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8756** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8756&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **50–7** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **127–12** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.12
+- **2026-01-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2026-01-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2026-01-20** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9488
+- **2026-01-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.52
+- **2026-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2026-01-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.40 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8058b58-f754-4588-9a4c-afcc1ce8720b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+