---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires written in-person or electronic notifications to be utilized for registration in the donate life registry"
description: "Requires written in-person or electronic notifications to be utilized for registration in the donate life registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7916"
citation: "New York A 7916 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PEOPLES-STOKES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-28"
last_action: "2022-11-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af0fe5e8-963a-436d-97ee-bd7718336ffd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7916"
source_hash: "c457dfab2a1e81192f00f3af12a537a9354e8881713419ec6af89c37a018077f"
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 A 7916 (2021-2022) — Requires written in-person or electronic notifications to be utilized for registration in the donate life registry

Requires written in-person or electronic notifications to be utilized for registration in the donate life registry.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7916&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7916A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7916A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PEOPLES-STOKES — primary (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-28** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** PRINT NUMBER 7916A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25** REPORTED
- **2022-01-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.311
- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-01** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6921A
- **2022-02-09** 3RD READING CAL.408
- **2022-02-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-11-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-23** SIGNED CHAP.649 `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-23** APPROVAL MEMO.31

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af0fe5e8-963a-436d-97ee-bd7718336ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).