---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to name change upon marriage"
description: "Relates to name change upon marriage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1044"
citation: "New York A 1044 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMOTAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/628f0b61-95a1-44b9-b7f7-22c770b9a096"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1044"
source_hash: "75dc6b00521db7a5b7848194a0822860e8214e174b30615f72cde2b56bad71f2"
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 1044 (2019-2020) — Relates to name change upon marriage

Relates to name change upon marriage.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1044&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SIMOTAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.21
- **2019-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2505
- **2019-02-27** 3RD READING CAL.142
- **2019-02-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-02-27** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.716 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.63

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/628f0b61-95a1-44b9-b7f7-22c770b9a096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).