---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to surrogacy programs and agreements"
description: "Relates to the requirements of surrogacy programs and criteria for surrogacy arrangements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4921"
citation: "New York A 4921 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbfbaf2e-01b4-4967-8476-09824dda1c07"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4921"
source_hash: "7bf9e16ba29d5a0e8db9ee65fbc233cc274bfc19f12e63334e3abf6037640464"
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 4921 (2023-2024) — Relates to surrogacy programs and agreements

Relates to the requirements of surrogacy programs and criteria for surrogacy arrangements.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4921** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4921&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A4921A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4921A)
3. **A4921B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4921B)
4. **A4921C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4921C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **56–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **124–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 4921A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** PRINT NUMBER 4921B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** PRINT NUMBER 4921C `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** REPORTED
- **2024-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.424
- **2024-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5107C
- **2024-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.941
- **2024-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.671 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.94

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbfbaf2e-01b4-4967-8476-09824dda1c07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).