---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gives members of the New York state legislature the ability to solemnize marriages"
description: "Gives members of the New York state legislature the ability to solemnize marriages, provided that they shall not charge a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 10795"
citation: "New York A 10795 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-18"
last_action: "2018-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce7bc9c4-62cb-4fa5-a685-106d14e73190"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A10795"
source_hash: "e377dc86b3379cd813636d05aabb556d76fbe1c6a543341d961559560d0ef9ae"
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 10795 (2017-2018) — Gives members of the New York state legislature the ability to solemnize marriages

Gives members of the New York state legislature the ability to solemnize marriages, provided that they shall not charge a fee.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10795 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10795&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A10795 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A10795)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **91–41** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- BOHEN — cosponsor (person)
- BRABENEC — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- GARBARINO — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- LENTOL — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- PELLEGRINO — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH — cosponsor (person)
- WALTER — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-18** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** REPORTED
- **2018-05-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.1078
- **2018-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8298
- **2018-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.2058
- **2018-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.415 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce7bc9c4-62cb-4fa5-a685-106d14e73190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).