republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-7886.md

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Bill	Relates to persons responsible for the disposition of the remains of a decedent	Provides that if there are more than two members of certain classes of persons entitled to control the disposition of remains of a decedent, the disposition shall be determined by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 7886	New York A 7886 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	GOTTFRIED	1	13	2	2021-05-28	2022-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f1b26cdb-1a1b-498f-be5b-058141a7e1af	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7886	ee104438a20a9fe63276332b629210b7234c92f39b6b64cc75dda2c40189aeb6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 7886 (2021-2022) — Relates to persons responsible for the disposition of the remains of a decedent

Provides that if there are more than two members of certain classes of persons entitled to control the disposition of remains of a decedent, the disposition shall be determined by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.

Version chain

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

1. A7886 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 142–0 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 63–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• GOTTFRIED — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-28 REFERRED TO HEALTH referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO HEALTH referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 REPORTED
• 2022-01-13 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.289
• 2022-01-18 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-01-18 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2022-01-18 REFERRED TO HEALTH referral-committee
• 2022-03-08 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7012
• 2022-03-08 3RD READING CAL.446
• 2022-03-08 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-03-08 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-04-27 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-05-09 SIGNED CHAP.191 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1b26cdb-1a1b-498f-be5b-058141a7e1af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).