---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to permitting combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space"
description: "Relates to permitting combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space, currently it is only allowed if separated by a hyphen."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3487"
citation: "New York A 3487 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43bdfda4-e0c9-4467-a659-6b5529f7e559"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3487"
source_hash: "35cc0ebfdf11f89520bc7a2f141df42ad590f6f98582dd450c8b1ea6053dbc50"
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 3487 (2019-2020) — Relates to permitting combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space

Relates to permitting combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space, currently it is only allowed if separated by a hyphen.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3487&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SIMON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED
- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.110
- **2019-03-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4622
- **2019-03-28** 3RD READING CAL.354
- **2019-03-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.497 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43bdfda4-e0c9-4467-a659-6b5529f7e559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).