---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the development of policies for in-person notification to relatives of deceased individuals"
description: "Requires the municipal police training council and the division of state police to develop policies and procedures for police officers to notify family members in-person of a relative's death in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3150"
citation: "New York S 3150 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COMRIE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ae7f9a-4cc1-435a-b07a-bf05d7a41e55"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3150"
source_hash: "3479b32eb6010f6ff5e59443e3f447545f20d2824b4532d270db6a3d6f52021f"
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 3150 (2021-2022) — Relates to the development of policies for in-person notification to relatives of deceased individuals

Requires the municipal police training council and the division of state police to develop policies and procedures for police officers to notify family members in-person of a relative's death in certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3150&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S3150A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S3150A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMRIE — primary (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.1234
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.238
- **2022-01-19** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-01-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-03-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-03-02** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-05** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 3150A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-11** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-11** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3429A
- **2022-05-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.110
- **2022-05-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.531 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7ae7f9a-4cc1-435a-b07a-bf05d7a41e55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).