---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring consent of the cemetery board prior to the merger of cemetery corporation"
description: "Requires consent of the cemetery board in the department of state prior to the merger of cemetery corporation; sets requirements for merger of consolidation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 969"
citation: "New York A 969 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61bc18fb-7101-422f-b5ff-afa5dfe8ca07"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A969"
source_hash: "563e6fccbc0c49f67b2439738d10e2c55e2bff1499ce558ca8c4828076000c8d"
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 969 (2021-2022) — Relates to requiring consent of the cemetery board prior to the merger of cemetery corporation

Requires consent of the cemetery board in the department of state prior to the merger of cemetery corporation; sets requirements for merger of consolidation.

## Version chain

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

1. **A969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A969&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED
- **2021-01-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.7
- **2021-01-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S896
- **2021-01-20** 3RD READING CAL.49
- **2021-01-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61bc18fb-7101-422f-b5ff-afa5dfe8ca07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).