---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for allowing patients to register in the donate life registry through their electronic health records"
description: "Provides for allowing patients to register in the \"donate life registry\" through their electronic health records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8456"
citation: "New York S 8456 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ae3dfc-1438-42af-a087-de2d96aedc6f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8456"
source_hash: "c44e64d2d29da55da35503a2b9d92e7da2f59a9384861e52de04b876302f3b21"
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 8456 (2023-2024) — Provides for allowing patients to register in the donate life registry through their electronic health records

Provides for allowing patients to register in the "donate life registry" through their electronic health records.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8456&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Neil D. Breslin — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.453
- **2024-02-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-02-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-03-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-03-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-03-19** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7079
- **2024-05-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.456
- **2024-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.662 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41ae3dfc-1438-42af-a087-de2d96aedc6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).