republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-5991.md

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Bill	Permits doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed	Requires maternal healthcare facilities to permit doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2023-2024	S 5991	New York S 5991 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Roxanne J. Persaud	2	25	5	2023-03-24	2024-12-21	openstates	ocd-bill/73eb4571-8f8d-4ab5-9bc5-a74261c229fc	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5991	f510b26a1ad513b92877b21c0872f4b914d9f645a73b0203b7e82b66252f6383	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 5991 (2023-2024) — Permits doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed

Requires maternal healthcare facilities to permit doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed.

Version chain

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

1. S5991 (committee substitute) — source
2. S5991A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: A — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 147–1 (pass) · lower
• Women's Issues Vote - Version: A — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Women's Issues Vote - Version: A — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Roxanne J. Persaud — primary (person)
• John Liu — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
• Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-24 REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 PRINT NUMBER 5991A amendment-passage
• 2023-05-23 1ST REPORT CAL.1261
• 2023-05-24 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2023-05-30 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2023-06-01 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2023-06-01 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2023-06-01 REFERRED TO HEALTH referral-committee
• 2024-01-03 DIED IN ASSEMBLY
• 2024-01-03 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2024-01-03 REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 1ST REPORT CAL.100
• 2024-01-09 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2024-01-16 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2024-01-22 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2024-01-22 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-01-22 REFERRED TO HEALTH referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 SUBSTITUTED FOR A7606
• 2024-01-23 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.230
• 2024-01-23 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2024-01-23 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2024-12-12 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2024-12-21 SIGNED CHAP.654 executive-signature
• 2024-12-21 APPROVAL MEMO.83

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73eb4571-8f8d-4ab5-9bc5-a74261c229fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).