A 6824 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Provides for eye and tissue donation

Summary

Provides for eye and tissue donation; requires coroners to develop a protocol for making referrals of deaths that fall under their jurisdiction and occur outside of a hospital including calling the federally designated organ procurement organization for donor registry verification and a donor suitability determination.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Assembly Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Last action Mar 5, 2026

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What changed between versions

A6824A → A6824B · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill revision updates the legislative tracking information and clarifies the language regarding donor consent in the eye and tissue donation section of the County Law. The changes ensure consistent terminology for donor consent and update the bill's status to reflect it has been reported back from committee with amendments.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill tracking numbers and committee status to reflect amendments and recommitment to the Committee on Local Governments.

DEFINITION

Changed the pronoun reference in donor consent language from singular 'his' to plural 'their' to align with modern inclusive language standards.

REQUIREMENT

Revised the citation reference for the 1977 chapter that amended the County Law section to clarify it should be read as amended.

Floor votes · Assembly Jun 6, 2025

How they voted

144–0

Passed · 8 other

Total votes 152

Jun 6, 2025

D Democratic105

98 Yea 7

93% Yea

R Republican47

46 Yea 1

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 5, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED ASSEMBLY

lower

Jun 6, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO RULES

upper

Jun 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED ASSEMBLY

lower

Jun 5, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6824B

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

lower

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6824A

lower

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

lower

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors