---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the medical aid in dying act"
description: "Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 136"
citation: "New York A 136 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc57159e-1a62-452e-b205-775377101ca9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A136"
source_hash: "2ee178faae4e9e97c84f31d912a4f329b0d6609807156ed5dfa50abfde502b70"
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 136 (2025-2026) — Relates to the medical aid in dying act

Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.

## Version chain

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

1. **A136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A136&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **81–67** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **35–27** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Erik Dilan — cosponsor (person)
- Gabriella Romero — cosponsor (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jenifer Rajkumar — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Khaleel Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Landon C. Dais — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Marcela Mitaynes — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Chandler-Waterman — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** REPORTED
- **2025-04-29** RULES REPORT CAL.153
- **2025-04-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.153
- **2025-04-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-04-29** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S138
- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1674
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-06** SIGNED CHAP.714 `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-06** APPROVAL MEMO.89

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc57159e-1a62-452e-b205-775377101ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).