---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits discrimination against individuals who were prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV prevention with respect to insurance coverage"
description: "Prohibits discrimination against individuals who were prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV prevention with respect to life, accident, and health insurance coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8834"
citation: "New York A 8834 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Weprin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92eeb007-ee02-4ec9-87dc-ff0cddbd99dc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8834"
source_hash: "dfa447dba767d742adfa3d3fe88026e8fb602bc08d5de6e7ed481c47cf9b9368"
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 8834 (2023-2024) — Prohibits discrimination against individuals who were prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV prevention with respect to insurance coverage

Prohibits discrimination against individuals who were prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV prevention with respect to life, accident, and health insurance coverage.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8834** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8834&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A8834A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8834A)
3. **A8834B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8834B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Weprin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** PRINT NUMBER 8834A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** PRINT NUMBER 8834B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** REPORTED
- **2024-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.465
- **2024-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-23** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8144C
- **2024-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1257
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** SIGNED CHAP.126 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92eeb007-ee02-4ec9-87dc-ff0cddbd99dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).