---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends provisions relating to requiring space for donate life registration on certain insurance forms"
description: "Extends provisions relating to requiring space for donate life registration on certain insurance forms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8749"
citation: "New York S 8749 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil D. Breslin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-07"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2290670-f53f-4d37-8370-fbb224beea77"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8749"
source_hash: "b0ee964ab431f04240e4f0aad7d9d131950b4db6c8f93e350067f0735544c5b1"
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 8749 (2023-2024) — Extends provisions relating to requiring space for donate life registration on certain insurance forms

Extends provisions relating to requiring space for donate life registration on certain insurance forms.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8749&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S8749A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8749A)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Neil D. Breslin — primary (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-07** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.1258
- **2024-05-21** AMENDED (T) 8749A
- **2024-05-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-29** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9564B
- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.269
- **2024-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** SIGNED CHAP.159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2290670-f53f-4d37-8370-fbb224beea77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).