---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to sickle cell disease detection and education"
description: "Directs the health equity council to advise the commissioner regarding sickle cell disease."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 2609"
citation: "New York A 2609 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alicia Hyndman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f73aeea-b269-4353-bb07-c8eab7acbbe1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A2609"
source_hash: "91c76c52da5d604808f4bc7ada7e8a1fe383455506d8a10c2738b75aa8c557d9"
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 2609 (2023-2024) — Relates to sickle cell disease detection and education

Directs the health equity council to advise the commissioner regarding sickle cell disease.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2609&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A2609A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A2609A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alicia Hyndman — primary (person)
- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Latrice Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Novakhov — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 2609A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.214
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.214
- **2023-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-24** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1839A
- **2023-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.520
- **2023-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.684 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f73aeea-b269-4353-bb07-c8eab7acbbe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).