---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the department of health to conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on persons born with intersex traits or variations in sex characteristics"
description: "Requires the department of health to conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on persons born with intersex traits or variations in sex characteristics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5399"
citation: "New York S 5399 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04d1f579-95bb-451f-96ea-fa6f9fa5d521"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5399"
source_hash: "a8ebef8673c7c07a22d136e14bf480a21dda07ace95983e830bb84c3355ba50f"
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 5399 (2023-2024) — Requires the department of health to conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on persons born with intersex traits or variations in sex characteristics

Requires the department of health to conduct a public information and outreach campaign on medically unnecessary treatments on persons born with intersex traits or variations in sex characteristics.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5399&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Vote — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **46–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.526
- **2023-03-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5627
- **2023-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.359
- **2023-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.608 `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-08** APPROVAL MEMO.17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04d1f579-95bb-451f-96ea-fa6f9fa5d521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).