---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the creation, operation, and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations"
description: "Clarifies provisions related to the creation, operation, and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 979"
citation: "New York A 979 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfb15109-5ea9-4d7c-8ca9-a7490ed604e5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A979"
source_hash: "dbc918e511099e03be04632108115b234c03691bfd5d4426c9cf110524863987"
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 979 (2023-2024) — Relates to the creation, operation, and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations

Clarifies provisions related to the creation, operation, and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations.

## Version chain

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

1. **A979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A979&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **55–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **87–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED
- **2023-01-17** RULES REPORT CAL.10
- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.10
- **2023-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-01-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1333
- **2023-02-15** 3RD READING CAL.101
- **2023-02-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.34 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfb15109-5ea9-4d7c-8ca9-a7490ed604e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).