---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes human research in compliance with federal law"
description: "Authorizes human research in compliance with federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6448"
citation: "New York S 6448 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-11"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7fcbd70-04f6-4ac6-b87f-85e4e7478b9d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6448"
source_hash: "a84ae0a282a3c9a5f915f2fff40f614c905d3ceb23a68e2e8568cbd325fc654d"
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 6448 (2019-2020) — Authorizes human research in compliance with federal law

Authorizes human research in compliance with federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6448&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1465
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8125
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.429
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.309 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7fcbd70-04f6-4ac6-b87f-85e4e7478b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).