---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits pregnant women to enroll in health insurance during a special enrollment period without penalty"
description: "Permits pregnant women to enroll in the state health insurance exchange at any time without penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 2656"
citation: "New York A 2656 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Latrice Walker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2024-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58842402-df0b-4a38-9d66-90ae2e83b996"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A2656"
source_hash: "5e8343ef6df39c52842f150b2a842f81fb1e75a2f78c150cd067d19217dfd121"
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 2656 (2023-2024) — Permits pregnant women to enroll in health insurance during a special enrollment period without penalty

Permits pregnant women to enroll in the state health insurance exchange at any time without penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2656** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2656&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Latrice Walker — primary (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.224
- **2024-01-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-22** REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S201
- **2024-01-22** 3RD READING CAL.95
- **2024-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-01** SIGNED CHAP.420 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58842402-df0b-4a38-9d66-90ae2e83b996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).