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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 1351: Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 1351 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate. Primary sponsor: Jessica González-Rojas (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.49.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jessica González-RojasPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Amanda SeptimoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse84
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.49
  2. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. DIED IN SENATE
  4. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  5. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  6. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  7. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.28
  8. REPORTED
  9. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source