---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to lactation counseling services"
description: "Authorizes lactation counseling services without a referral from a physician, registered physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3387"
citation: "New York S 3387 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1a477b7-6c0c-4ccc-b31d-5a3f3c251e18"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3387"
source_hash: "a3e141cd7d1ff047f0968e43a31ba0bd5993f23122aba4af56025b9073a50544"
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 3387 (2019-2020) — Relates to lactation counseling services

Authorizes lactation counseling services without a referral from a physician, registered physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3387&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Women's Issues Vote — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.244
- **2019-03-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-03-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-18** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2345
- **2019-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.333
- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.668 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-16** APPROVAL MEMO.54

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1a477b7-6c0c-4ccc-b31d-5a3f3c251e18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).