---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to doula access during emergency situations"
description: "Provides that maternal health care facilities are not required to grant doula access during emergencies or when such access could compromise the safety of the patient or health care team."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 1019"
citation: "New York A 1019 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michaelle C. Solages"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd89b14-b374-48ec-be5d-c35208cdf2ed"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1019"
source_hash: "b22383bfdc946fbc6740e9e761ae0cd5f85ac48b846cf6f58fc1cf75209eae01"
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 A 1019 (2025-2026) — Relates to doula access during emergency situations

Provides that maternal health care facilities are not required to grant doula access during emergencies or when such access could compromise the safety of the patient or health care team.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1019&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michaelle C. Solages — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED
- **2025-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.27
- **2025-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.27
- **2025-01-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S758
- **2025-02-04** 3RD READING CAL.33
- **2025-02-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.39 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebd89b14-b374-48ec-be5d-c35208cdf2ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).