---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires information on possible complications from pregnancy that can lead to death"
description: "Requires information on possible complications from pregnancy that can lead to death; requires screenings and referrals for serious threats to life after pregnancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2957"
citation: "New York A 2957 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RICHARDSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2c45115-65c9-44da-9c24-793027b2b907"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2957"
source_hash: "40975a1296f37e41f806dc00b3b321a2157f8afbab43e1709af118ce250735e3"
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 2957 (2019-2020) — Requires information on possible complications from pregnancy that can lead to death

Requires information on possible complications from pregnancy that can lead to death; requires screenings and referrals for serious threats to life after pregnancy.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2957** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2957&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A2957A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A2957A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RICHARDSON — primary (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 2957A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED
- **2019-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.107
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.107
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4637A
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1770
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.718 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.65

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2c45115-65c9-44da-9c24-793027b2b907`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).