---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages; repealer"
description: "Provides for the designation of lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages by a town or city clerk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 2901"
citation: "New York A 2901 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dana Levenberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67daaf01-c551-41a7-9fb7-dd47ee9e74a4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A2901"
source_hash: "f011ffee36d8ec607895d4803ff6c351153392d0f0ff058df93face6b991fcf5"
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 2901 (2023-2024) — Designates lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages; repealer

Provides for the designation of lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages by a town or city clerk.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2901** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2901&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **45–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **124–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dana Levenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** REPORTED
- **2023-02-07** RULES REPORT CAL.87
- **2023-02-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.87
- **2023-02-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-02-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-02-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2234
- **2023-02-27** 3RD READING CAL.171
- **2023-02-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-27** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.68 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67daaf01-c551-41a7-9fb7-dd47ee9e74a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).