---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles"
description: "Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 96"
citation: "New York A 96 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77be4060-3ea9-4e9d-ab40-0d22aa56bbdd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A96"
source_hash: "618d37fb3830b71d1a5d4d958032576c53e5f3fb945b7a1306dc3e90bf62abbd"
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 96 (2021-2022) — Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation.

## Version chain

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

1. **A96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A96&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A96A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A96A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GUNTHER — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BENEDETTO — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DIPIETRO — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- LEMONDES — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PALMESANO — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- RA — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 96A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED
- **2021-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.67
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.67
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4071A
- **2021-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1236
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.496 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77be4060-3ea9-4e9d-ab40-0d22aa56bbdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).