---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to death certificates"
description: "Adds domestic partner, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of the deceased individual or the lawful representative of such persons to receive death certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6180"
citation: "New York A 6180 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Braunstein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-03"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a53c17-12ca-4eea-a81c-e5f0c655daf2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6180"
source_hash: "4db26f3fb6a1ffb3cee03b2dd7a4d64f0437abe94670d206135ce35c4fe4db8e"
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 6180 (2023-2024) — Relates to death certificates

Adds domestic partner, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of the deceased individual or the lawful representative of such persons to receive death certificates.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6180&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A6180A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A6180A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **125–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Braunstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 6180A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-31** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED
- **2023-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.590
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.590
- **2023-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6815
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1330
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.744 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.68

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3a53c17-12ca-4eea-a81c-e5f0c655daf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).