---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran"
description: "Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran when such veteran has no next of kin or other person designated to provide for the disposition of his or her remains; provides process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 454"
citation: "New York S 454 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-11-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1311d356-967a-4cd1-a8a4-290c555c1e31"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S454"
source_hash: "81dd8b016cf46c18784f3f32654fc6493aee8229b51466ad9e5cf22c4b2e1fee"
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 S 454 (2023-2024) — Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran

Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran when such veteran has no next of kin or other person designated to provide for the disposition of his or her remains; provides process.

## Version chain

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

1. **S454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S454&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S454A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S454A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
- Alexis Weik — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew J. Lanza — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
- Simcha Felder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.393
- **2023-02-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-09** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 454A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3116A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.685
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-10** SIGNED CHAP.620 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1311d356-967a-4cd1-a8a4-290c555c1e31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).