---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting charges for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death"
description: "Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 2311"
citation: "New York A 2311 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Zaccaro Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2397d0b7-cb87-4e92-9760-72aa9d855e00"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2311"
source_hash: "52ec931487e77be8dda468e74859bd278d32165ccd8358672257c5358533f6c0"
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 2311 (2025-2026) — Relates to prohibiting charges for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death

Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2311&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A2311A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A2311A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Zaccaro Jr. — primary (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Anil Beephan Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Manktelow — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Norber — cosponsor (person)
- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- John K. Mikulin — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Kalman Yeger — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Karl Brabenec — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Novakhov — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Tannousis — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Smullen — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 2311A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.486
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.486
- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1807A
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1603
- **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.510 `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-21** APPROVAL MEMO.6

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2397d0b7-cb87-4e92-9760-72aa9d855e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).