Requires the department of health to develop and maternal health care providers to distribute written information about episiotomy to maternity patients
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Vetoed
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Requires the department of health to develop and maternal health care providers to distribute written information about episiotomy to maternity patients” Read the full text
Assembly
What it does
Requires the department of health to develop and maternal health care providers to distribute written information about episiotomy to maternity patients.
Summary from the sponsor's memo in the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
REFERRED TO HEALTH · Jan 15, 2025
Assembly
REPORTED · Feb 4, 2025
Assembly
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.8 · Feb 6, 2025
Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY · Feb 10, 2025
Assembly
DELIVERED TO SENATE · Feb 10, 2025
Assembly
REFERRED TO HEALTH · Feb 10, 2025
Senate
SUBSTITUTED FOR S7545 · Jun 9, 2025
Senate
3RD READING CAL.1705 · Jun 9, 2025
Senate
PASSED SENATE · Jun 9, 2025
Senate
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · Jun 9, 2025
Senate
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR · Oct 9, 2025
Assembly
VETOED MEMO.38 · Oct 16, 2025
Assembly
TABLED · Oct 17, 2025
Assembly
Why the Governor vetoed it
VETO MESSAGE - No. 38 TO THE ASSEMBLY: I am returning herewith, without my approval, the following bills: Assembly Bill Number 778-A, entitled: "AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concern- ing intrauterine devices" Assembly Bill Number 2168, entitled: "An ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the department of health to develop and maternal health care providers to distribute written information about episiotomy to maternity patients" Assembly Bill Number 2581-B, entitled: "AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation of a women's and reproductive health services education and outreach program" TO THE SENATE: I am returning herewith, without my approval, the following bill: Senate Bill Number 1720, entitled: "AN ACT to amend the public health law, in rela...
Veto message no. 38, quoted verbatim from the official record, signed KATHY HOCHUL. The full message is on the official bill page.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Amy PaulinRebecca SeawrightRodneyse Bichotte HermelynNader SayeghJo Anne Simon
Recorded votes
Recorded voteSenate · 2025-06-09 · EXC 1, AYE 62
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the New York legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, DISTRICT IIvia AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, DISTRICT II
3 filingsHEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE, INC.via HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE, INC.
1 filingNEW YORK STATE ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS, INC.via REID MCNALLY AND SAVAGE
1 filingUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERvia HINMAN STRAUB ADVISORS, LLC
1 filingFrom 6 filings in New York State lobbying disclosures (COELIG), via data.ny.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Nothing on this page shows why any vote was cast. Recorded votes and lobbying filings are separate official records, self-reported by different parties, and neither explains the other.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Vetoed (Oct 16, 2025).