---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body"
description: "Permits a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 1395"
citation: "New York A 1395 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dbf04c1-84c2-44fa-994b-4e390ea53d1c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1395"
source_hash: "faad9acfb7f057348913b70d42b2ee4ebc8a2a2c38ccef5422d3a5dcc34a3355"
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 1395 (2025-2026) — Permits a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body

Permits a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1395&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–10** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **52–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** REPORTED
- **2025-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.30
- **2025-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-03-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3360
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1260
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.506 `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-21** APPROVAL MEMO.4

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dbf04c1-84c2-44fa-994b-4e390ea53d1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).