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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4039: Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readers

In committee 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 4039 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readers. Primary sponsor: John McDonald (Democratic). It lists 39 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

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.

Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readers or other means of access to individuals who disclose they have difficulty seeing or reading standard print labels on prescription drug containers; defines "prescription drug reader" to mean a device which is capable of audibly conveying information contained on the label of a prescription drug; makes exceptions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 23 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 5 · Republican 6 · Republican/Conservative 2 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John McDonaldPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Anil BeephanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse105
Michael BenedettoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82
Ken BlankenbushCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Robert CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Chris EachusCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Mike FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Jarett GandolfoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse7
Scott GrayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse116
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Larinda HooksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse35
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Brian MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Phil RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Joe SempolinskiCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse148
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Matt SimpsonCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse114
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Aron WiederCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse97
Jaime WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse59
Jordan WrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Stefani ZinermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56

“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. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  2. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Sources

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