---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to contractual liability insurance policies"
description: "Relates to contractual liability insurance policies; provides that each provider may maintain a maximum of five service contract reimbursement insurance policies insuring its service contracts actively offered."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 979"
citation: "New York A 979 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jen Lunsford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3721e5ef-ddc9-444c-bd9a-d820e849d2d0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A979"
source_hash: "47fd8d91ea8da99e529fa124e20ccc8f445ce6bc9e7e4a99aefe11680c92ae17"
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 979 (2025-2026) — Relates to contractual liability insurance policies

Relates to contractual liability insurance policies; provides that each provider may maintain a maximum of five service contract reimbursement insurance policies insuring its service contracts actively offered.

## Version chain

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

1. **A979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A979&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A979A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A979A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jen Lunsford — primary (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** PRINT NUMBER 979A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-13** REPORTED
- **2025-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.142
- **2025-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-20** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5048A
- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1448
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.441 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3721e5ef-ddc9-444c-bd9a-d820e849d2d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).