---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes life insurers to establish wellness programs"
description: "Authorizes life insurers to establish wellness programs in conjunction with the issuance of life insurance policies; provides for full or partial reimbursement for the cost of a device and associated subscription that can be used to track activity or biometric data; provides for discounts on life insurance and on products or services intended to incent positive behavioral changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5890"
citation: "New York S 5890 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil D. Breslin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffba664b-52e3-414b-a0a9-e515dc712505"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5890"
source_hash: "1016ffdc4495c8aa9b4d0d0f05503bc7eeb338c69f1218e2ce092378165cff60"
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 5890 (2023-2024) — Authorizes life insurers to establish wellness programs

Authorizes life insurers to establish wellness programs in conjunction with the issuance of life insurance policies; provides for full or partial reimbursement for the cost of a device and associated subscription that can be used to track activity or biometric data; provides for discounts on life insurance and on products or services intended to incent positive behavioral changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5890** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5890&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5890A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5890A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Insurance Vote — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil D. Breslin — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-21** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** 1ST REPORT CAL.631
- **2023-04-25** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-04-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-16** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-16** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5890A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-22** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2853B
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.336
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.768 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffba664b-52e3-414b-a0a9-e515dc712505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).