---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires insurance coverage for inhalers at no cost"
description: "Requires insurance coverage for one rescue and one maintenance inhaler at no cost."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 128"
citation: "New York A 128 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9703d10d-efca-483c-9595-641a101bdb67"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A128"
source_hash: "4e86d130e86442a45aaf9ba0f2e08fd2b2343ca3c37852dd3b2db61853a61626"
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 128 (2025-2026) — Requires insurance coverage for inhalers at no cost

Requires insurance coverage for one rescue and one maintenance inhaler at no cost.

## Version chain

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

1. **A128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A128&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A128A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A128A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **56–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — primary (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Landon C. Dais — cosponsor (person)
- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 128A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED
- **2025-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.372
- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.372
- **2025-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1804A
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1525
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.504 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9703d10d-efca-483c-9595-641a101bdb67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).