---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy"
description: "Relates to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy; requires that when an autopsy shows a person died as a result of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, such cause shall be noted on the death certificate and filed with the North American SUDEP registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 2380"
citation: "New York A 2380 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRINDISI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6da3476c-65fe-453d-989c-849c06f844a1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A2380"
source_hash: "cebc88fcf07f837058c70445f0acd385a3ab838ff52a832bf5e2709b81b6ae89"
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 2380 (2017-2018) — Relates to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy

Relates to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy; requires that when an autopsy shows a person died as a result of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, such cause shall be noted on the death certificate and filed with the North American SUDEP registry.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A2380 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2380&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A2380 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A2380)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRINDISI — primary (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** REPORTED
- **2017-05-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.272
- **2017-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2422
- **2017-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.410
- **2017-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.175 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6da3476c-65fe-453d-989c-849c06f844a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).