---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires consent prior to the merger of cemetery corporations"
description: "Requires consent prior to the merger of cemetery corporations by the cemetery board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 9089"
citation: "New York A 9089 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ced3bf2-81ff-462c-a810-a226547b96d7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9089"
source_hash: "a83603cc84b957a9beb9aa2c91c533861e2778cf9a2368b8295de0eb9384da0f"
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 9089 (2019-2020) — Requires consent prior to the merger of cemetery corporations

Requires consent prior to the merger of cemetery corporations by the cemetery board.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9089&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** REPORTED
- **2020-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.438
- **2020-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-03-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-03-03** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7155
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.976
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.359 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ced3bf2-81ff-462c-a810-a226547b96d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).