---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing for medical and psychiatric records of deceased inmates to be accessed by the board of correction of the city of New York"
description: "Allows for medical and psychiatric records of deceased inmates to be accessed by the board of correction of the city of New York under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8337"
citation: "New York A 8337 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALKER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-14"
last_action: "2020-12-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33fbcab0-eb20-4936-8df2-4f678c184538"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8337"
source_hash: "0712ea5741ca37f076d30e167b1c084b5ba9b95293f5981198c602cd95bcf82c"
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 8337 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing for medical and psychiatric records of deceased inmates to be accessed by the board of correction of the city of New York

Allows for medical and psychiatric records of deceased inmates to be accessed by the board of correction of the city of New York under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8337&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A8337A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A8337A)
3. **A8337B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A8337B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WALKER — primary (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** PRINT NUMBER 8337A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-13** PRINT NUMBER 8337B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED
- **2020-07-20** RULES REPORT CAL.179
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.179
- **2020-07-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6437A
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.794
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-11-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-02** SIGNED CHAP.312 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-02** APPROVAL MEMO.24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33fbcab0-eb20-4936-8df2-4f678c184538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).