republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-879.md

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Bill	Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report	Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 879	New York S 879 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	BENJAMIN	1	11	3	2021-01-06	2021-02-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e6d4fce1-407a-4e4a-9ca7-ef70de447caf	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S879	5ece7d67d358fe5882e4fdbb924a85305fa247abd369e1763b497cbcc3b88b19	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 879 (2021-2022) — Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report

Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature.

Version chain

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

1. S879 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Vote — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 150–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BENJAMIN — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-06 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-01-11 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.32
• 2021-02-01 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-02-01 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-02-01 REPORTED REFERRED TO HEALTH referral-committee
• 2021-02-01 SUBSTITUTED FOR A988
• 2021-02-01 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.45
• 2021-02-01 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-02-01 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2021-02-12 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-02-16 SIGNED CHAP.46 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6d4fce1-407a-4e4a-9ca7-ef70de447caf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).