---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the controlling disposition of a decedent's remains"
description: "Relates to the controlling disposition of a decedent's remains; adds domestic partners and removes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces or nephews from having such controlling interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8057"
citation: "New York S 8057 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-01-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eae95e80-0fc2-406f-89eb-d24322c36e32"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8057"
source_hash: "a931f64db04d3cc6d208ae89aac9d928b7d90129af1133bc9a8e7ed9fe0d2aae"
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 8057 (2023-2024) — Relates to the controlling disposition of a decedent's remains

Relates to the controlling disposition of a decedent's remains; adds domestic partners and removes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces or nephews from having such controlling interest.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8057** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8057&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.46
- **2024-01-16** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-16** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-16** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8553
- **2024-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.260
- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-01-26** SIGNED CHAP.15 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eae95e80-0fc2-406f-89eb-d24322c36e32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).