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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 7879: Establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing planned and unplanned primary cesarean sections

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 7879 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on May 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing planned and unplanned primary cesarean sections. Primary sponsor: Julia Salazar (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 27 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 21, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 7879B.

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.

Establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing a planned or unplanned primary cesarean section.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12 · Democratic/Working Families 13 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julia SalazarPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Roxanne PersaudCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
James SandersCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“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. PRINT NUMBER 7879B
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
  3. PRINT NUMBER 7879A
  4. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
  5. REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
  6. REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

Sources

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