---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to death certificates for persons whose death is caused by an opioid overdose"
description: "Relates to death certificates for persons whose death is caused by an opioid overdose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1668"
citation: "New York S 1668 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/163a010d-c1ad-43d7-8c4a-4858f57ceba3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1668"
source_hash: "9f2ae1d5a2124b7e132ac3496675dffd4f740a8df50ae95a9a492915cf491f41"
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 S 1668 (2019-2020) — Relates to death certificates for persons whose death is caused by an opioid overdose

Relates to death certificates for persons whose death is caused by an opioid overdose.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1668** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1668&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.532
- **2019-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-13** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4915
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.129
- **2019-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-05** SIGNED CHAP.443 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/163a010d-c1ad-43d7-8c4a-4858f57ceba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).