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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 7457: Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents

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

S 7457 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on April 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents. Primary sponsor: Gustavo Rivera (Democratic/Working Families). Most recent recorded action (February 11, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY A7894C.

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 a chief fiscal officer of a county or a public administrator, when having the right to control the disposition of the remains of a decedent and acting reasonably and in good faith, to, without civil liability, select cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for such decedent where the financial resources of such decedent are limited and such disposition is selected with the reasonable belief that the method is consistent with the religious practices of the decedent.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gustavo RiveraPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33

“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 A7894C
  2. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  3. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  4. 1ST REPORT CAL.170
  5. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  6. COMMITTED TO RULES
  7. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7457B
  8. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7457A
  9. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  10. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  11. 1ST REPORT CAL.898
  12. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

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