---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the common council of the city of Albany, as the local legislative body, to establish the fee charged for issuance of birth and death records"
description: "Authorizes the common council of the city of Albany, as the local legislative body, to establish the fee charged for issuance of birth and death records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 987"
citation: "New York S 987 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d049aef6-d8a5-4262-99ef-6aca1aa9b917"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S987"
source_hash: "1da51494244752ce7133a440d70ddf7f1b628a44047af01b86fb7e30e2904adc"
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 987 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the common council of the city of Albany, as the local legislative body, to establish the fee charged for issuance of birth and death records

Authorizes the common council of the city of Albany, as the local legislative body, to establish the fee charged for issuance of birth and death records.

## Version chain

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

1. **S987** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S987&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **49–13** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **122–25** (pass) · lower
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.755
- **2019-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6463
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.531
- **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.293 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d049aef6-d8a5-4262-99ef-6aca1aa9b917`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).