---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides additional rights to pregnant inmates"
description: "Allows pregnant inmates to have one support person in the delivery room; requires information on the nursery program, pregnancy counseling and abortion services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 399"
citation: "New York S 399 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-11-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cde5e29-0237-49fe-b0c7-f6fa1fc5f16f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S399"
source_hash: "0181d6fc283ede2b96e298aa983b4dfd9b436ae9127f6a53e46f6b1329f6b1c6"
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 399 (2021-2022) — Provides additional rights to pregnant inmates

Allows pregnant inmates to have one support person in the delivery room; requires information on the nursery program, pregnancy counseling and abortion services.

## Version chain

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

1. **S399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S399&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S399A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S399A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–10** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Women's Issues Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BIAGGI — primary (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** 1ST REPORT CAL.930
- **2021-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-07** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 399A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A616A
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.698
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-15** SIGNED CHAP.621 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cde5e29-0237-49fe-b0c7-f6fa1fc5f16f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).