---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the state office for the aging to publish a \"Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies\""
description: "Requires the state office for the aging to publish a \"Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9484"
citation: "New York A 9484 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22443a50-6297-487a-abcc-fcba753b8e5d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9484"
source_hash: "b8f0bb144463cf667c6a228d024a15b3a18fb7b9752fa2b1713f67e1f9d4e38e"
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 9484 (2025-2026) — Requires the state office for the aging to publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies"

Requires the state office for the aging to publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies".

## Version chain

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

1. **A9484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9484&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED
- **2026-01-12** RULES REPORT CAL.15
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.15
- **2026-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8759
- **2026-02-03** 3RD READING CAL.150
- **2026-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-02-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** 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/22443a50-6297-487a-abcc-fcba753b8e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).