---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to price gouging of medicine"
description: "Prohibits selling a drug subject to a shortage for an unconscionably excessive price."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 608"
citation: "New York S 608 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julia Salazar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eddbd79d-4ebd-4ede-8e2b-efd98fd4a16b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S608"
source_hash: "390eb82e40052c4c8e9bfaa1e5aa7585017f2db4e27716db6340300a87b4409e"
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 608 (2023-2024) — Relates to price gouging of medicine

Prohibits selling a drug subject to a shortage for an unconscionably excessive price.

## Version chain

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

1. **S608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S608&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S608A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S608A)
3. **S608B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S608B)
4. **S608C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S608C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Consumer Protection Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julia Salazar — primary (person)
- Andrew J. Lanza — cosponsor (person)
- Jabari Brisport — cosponsor (person)
- James Sanders Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Gianaris — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** PRINT NUMBER 608A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.77
- **2023-01-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-04-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-04-24** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-04-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 608B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-08** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 608C `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-16** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5653B
- **2023-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.175
- **2023-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.725 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eddbd79d-4ebd-4ede-8e2b-efd98fd4a16b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).