---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to clarifying provisions pertaining to pre-need funeral services"
description: "Relates to clarifying provisions pertaining to pre-need funeral services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7245"
citation: "New York A 7245 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-12"
last_action: "2017-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b3e68da-03a8-4c0c-9f10-8364fe3ad6f4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7245"
source_hash: "02cdb58d52c875f03f5ccb07f96f1bf31ab33864845d6e5604426663806e38fb"
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 7245 (2017-2018) — Relates to clarifying provisions pertaining to pre-need funeral services

Relates to clarifying provisions pertaining to pre-need funeral services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7245 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7245&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7245 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7245)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FINCH — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- PHEFFER AMATO — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-12** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** REPORTED
- **2017-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.244
- **2017-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1359
- **2017-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-05-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-02** SIGNED CHAP.32 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b3e68da-03a8-4c0c-9f10-8364fe3ad6f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).