---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to maternal health care and birthing best practices; repealer"
description: "Requires the department of health to evaluate and make recommendations related to maternal health care and birthing best practices; repeals certain provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 914"
citation: "New York A 914 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sarah Clark"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b79ecfba-5ece-4419-8ff1-a74842430ccb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A914"
source_hash: "ef36ae90d1fee653e7b22427dbfeda5dcc411fae98759b3940909b8ce7bc8445"
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 914 (2025-2026) — Relates to maternal health care and birthing best practices; repealer

Requires the department of health to evaluate and make recommendations related to maternal health care and birthing best practices; repeals certain provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A914** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A914&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sarah Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED
- **2025-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.15
- **2025-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.15
- **2025-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S813
- **2025-02-12** 3RD READING CAL.87
- **2025-02-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.28 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b79ecfba-5ece-4419-8ff1-a74842430ccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).