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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report"
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description: "Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "A 6986"
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citation: "New York A 6986 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["SOLAGES"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-04-03"
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last_action: "2020-12-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6867ba5-d73f-4b46-917d-d35f6ac92133"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6986"
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source_hash: "a55fb644d9e95d74d5cd17c68c039860dffe736484d9b1ab114afd9fa2ea983e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 6986 (2019-2020) — Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report
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Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A6986** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6986&term=2019&Text=Y)
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2. **A6986A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A6986A)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **143–0** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- SOLAGES — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-28** PRINT NUMBER 6986A `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
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- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.383
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- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.383
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- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
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- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.251
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- **2020-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2020-02-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2020-02-05** REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6707
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- **2020-03-04** 3RD READING CAL.479
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- **2020-03-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2020-11-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-12-02** SIGNED CHAP.308 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-12-02** APPROVAL MEMO.20
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6867ba5-d73f-4b46-917d-d35f6ac92133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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