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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6824: Provides for eye and tissue donation

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 6824 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for eye and tissue donation. Primary sponsor: Carrie Woerner (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carrie WoernerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Mary Beth WalshCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
John ZaccaroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80

“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 LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  2. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  3. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.177
  5. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  6. DIED IN SENATE
  7. REFERRED TO RULES
  8. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  9. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.447
  11. RULES REPORT CAL.447
  12. REPORTED

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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