---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to offering plant-based food options in hospitals"
description: "Requires hospitals to offer plant-based food options to patients upon request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1471"
citation: "New York S 1471 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ea95a0f-7ac3-4578-ab26-2a5827730b12"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1471"
source_hash: "b8c213f0f249eeffadfe3ee1912b53b3dd99fd5ceae2ac0e16e8bf12516de43b"
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 S 1471 (2019-2020) — Relates to offering plant-based food options in hospitals

Requires hospitals to offer plant-based food options to patients upon request.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1471&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S1471A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1471A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **114–28** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **46–16** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.619
- **2019-05-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1471A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4072A
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.82
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.588 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ea95a0f-7ac3-4578-ab26-2a5827730b12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).