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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4713: Designates records and information relating to a patient who has been deceased for a period of fifty years or longer as historic records no longer subject to privacy protections

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

S 4713 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Designates records and information relating to a patient who has been deceased for a period of fifty years or longer as historic records no longer subject to privacy protections. Primary sponsor: Pat Fahy (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 2, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY A3733A.

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.

Designates records and information relating to a patient who has been deceased for a period of fifty years or longer as historic records no longer subject to privacy protections; provides that such provisions shall not be construed as requiring a facility to retain records for any particular length of time.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pat FahyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate46
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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. SUBSTITUTED BY A3733A
  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1535
  3. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  4. REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
  5. RETURNED TO SENATE
  6. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  7. REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. PASSED SENATE
  10. AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4713A
  11. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  12. 2ND REPORT CAL.

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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