---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a review of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report"
description: "Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a review of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1296"
citation: "New York S 1296 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87534a96-9a72-4e89-8f83-7054b7ee33c3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1296"
source_hash: "60b7fd7645d01752269dabbde438179890cd70d8bcc52eb76a01a6180e9484f9"
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 1296 (2021-2022) — Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a review of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report

Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a review of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1296&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.67
- **2021-02-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A987
- **2021-02-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.44
- **2021-02-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-02-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.64 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87534a96-9a72-4e89-8f83-7054b7ee33c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).