---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to access to doulas; repealer"
description: "Requires the department of health to require all maternal healthcare facilities to include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent is allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 1026"
citation: "New York A 1026 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michaelle C. Solages"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af522187-342d-4004-afbc-b51518def29f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1026"
source_hash: "7d88a94bfaeec20a032020759034fea26591fd20402f4e2c1818954da1eb162f"
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 1026 (2025-2026) — Relates to access to doulas; repealer

Requires the department of health to require all maternal healthcare facilities to include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent is allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1026&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michaelle C. Solages — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED
- **2025-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.30
- **2025-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.30
- **2025-01-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-27** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S809
- **2025-02-05** 3RD READING CAL.83
- **2025-02-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.43 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af522187-342d-4004-afbc-b51518def29f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).