---
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\"; establishes a temporary special advisory committee to create and publish such guide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 3939"
citation: "New York A 3939 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82f933cf-47cc-44d6-87c7-32cfd4702d94"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3939"
source_hash: "be4d4161defb7d345e30f379fba26e25a67ebd18388027e41aa98068c664d231"
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 3939 (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"; establishes a temporary special advisory committee to create and publish such guide.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3939** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3939&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A3939A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A3939A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGING `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** PRINT NUMBER 3939A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.213
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.213
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4351A
- **2025-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1972
- **2025-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.582 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-05** APPROVAL MEMO.10

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82f933cf-47cc-44d6-87c7-32cfd4702d94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).