---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to surrogacy programs and agreements"
description: "Makes various amendments to a chapter governing surrogacy programs and agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 819"
citation: "New York S 819 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a24cfec7-0d74-4c16-8c64-42ae626e001c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S819"
source_hash: "1bc30e1d72e17370d0b8aa98e97587005c94470935c84715ee9c3b4914fc4ecf"
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 819 (2025-2026) — Relates to surrogacy programs and agreements

Makes various amendments to a chapter governing surrogacy programs and agreements.

## Version chain

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

1. **S819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S819&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **125–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.93
- **2025-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-10** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2057
- **2025-02-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.58
- **2025-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-28** SIGNED CHAP.98 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a24cfec7-0d74-4c16-8c64-42ae626e001c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).