---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions"
description: "Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions; makes certain provisions retroactive."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 1944"
citation: "New York A 1944 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/435c1647-6fde-4b17-80a3-edd4a195c522"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1944"
source_hash: "9b851a9841e79d45e3ff82d9cc55c73cc1bc4e92e760bf6297e5afbfe103686d"
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 1944 (2025-2026) — Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions

Relates to birth certificates for foreign adoptions; makes certain provisions retroactive.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1944&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** REPORTED
- **2025-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.148
- **2025-05-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-19** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3765
- **2025-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.495
- **2025-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.509 `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-21** APPROVAL MEMO.5

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/435c1647-6fde-4b17-80a3-edd4a195c522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).