---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to exemptions from vaccinations due to religious beliefs; and repeals subdivision 9 of section 2164 of the public health law relating to exemption from vaccination due to religious beliefs"
description: "Relates to exemptions from vaccinations due to religious beliefs; and repeals certain provisions relating to exemption from vaccination due to religious beliefs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2371"
citation: "New York A 2371 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1852a88-ec88-40ea-8371-46238ebe7281"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2371"
source_hash: "5696c541f4b000967f4927554bc643a2d84d9481435ca428ede8c2ff6cc8a69f"
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 2371 (2019-2020) — Relates to exemptions from vaccinations due to religious beliefs; and repeals subdivision 9 of section 2164 of the public health law relating to exemption from vaccination due to religious beliefs

Relates to exemptions from vaccinations due to religious beliefs; and repeals certain provisions relating to exemption from vaccination due to religious beliefs.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2371&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A2371A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A2371A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **36–26** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **84–61** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
- BURKE — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SIMOTAS — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- TITUS — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 2371A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** REPORTED
- **2019-06-13** RULES REPORT CAL.230
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.230
- **2019-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2994A
- **2019-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1338
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** SIGNED CHAP.35 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1852a88-ec88-40ea-8371-46238ebe7281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).