---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes permanent the provisions of Lauren's law, providing for the election to or declining to elect to register in the donate life registry for organ and tissue donation"
description: "Makes permanent the provisions of Lauren's law, providing for the election to or declining to elect to register in the donate life registry for organ and tissue donation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 1206"
citation: "New York S 1206 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CARLUCCI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d85d1ea-4321-468e-a8a2-0d3c9eadc08b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S1206"
source_hash: "acac8f2cbf70382ca80b890accf20569f958cf9dccea1d1d013df85c14fb280b"
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 1206 (2017-2018) — Makes permanent the provisions of Lauren's law, providing for the election to or declining to elect to register in the donate life registry for organ and tissue donation

Makes permanent the provisions of Lauren's law, providing for the election to or declining to elect to register in the donate life registry for organ and tissue donation.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1206 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1206&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S1206 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S1206)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Vote — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CARLUCCI — primary (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- O'MARA — cosponsor (person)
- PERALTA — cosponsor (person)
- VALESKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.193
- **2017-02-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-02-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-03-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-03-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-03-01** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5179
- **2017-05-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.215
- **2017-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.332 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d85d1ea-4321-468e-a8a2-0d3c9eadc08b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).