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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8619: Requires fiscal notes to be included on bills imposing mandated benefits under insurance plans and under the Medicaid fee-for-service program

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 8619 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on December 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires fiscal notes to be included on bills imposing mandated benefits under insurance plans and under the Medicaid fee-for-service program. Primary sponsor: Pam Helming (Republican/Conservative). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 16, 2026): NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED.

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 fiscal notes to be included on any bill which imposes a new mandated insurance benefit or service; expands an existing mandated insurance benefit or service, or adds, expands or requires coverage of any benefit or service under the Medicaid fee-for-service program; requires such fiscal notes to include an actuarial analysis of the potential impact on insurance premiums as a result of such new or expanded mandated insurance benefit or service.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 9 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pam HelmingPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Rob OrttCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate62
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38

“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. NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
  2. REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
  3. REFERRED TO RULES

Sources

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