---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"comprehensive contraception coverage act\""
description: "Enacts the \"comprehensive contraception coverage act\" to provide insurance coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 659"
citation: "New York S 659 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SALAZAR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9307f19-98d5-4082-b2ac-d629115671b8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S659"
source_hash: "b34a6987381524c8fad15b393a05852defc767cbfae7c8457188a545864fd0af"
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 659 (2019-2020) — Enacts the "comprehensive contraception coverage act"

Enacts the "comprehensive contraception coverage act" to provide insurance coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and products.

## Version chain

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

1. **S659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S659&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S659A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S659A)

## Votes

- Insurance Vote - Version: A — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **17–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–39** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **51–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SALAZAR — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BRESLIN — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MARTINEZ — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
- STEWART-COUSINS — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-11** PRINT NUMBER 659A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-22** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.34
- **2019-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-22** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A585A
- **2019-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.8
- **2019-01-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-01-22** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-12** SIGNED CHAP.25 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9307f19-98d5-4082-b2ac-d629115671b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).