Bill Commons

NY S 5556

in committee

Relates to prohibiting the exclusion of coverage based upon gender indication on insurance claim forms

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 5556 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5556 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-06-13): COMMITTED TO RULES

What is NY S 5556 about?

Relates to gender indication on insurance claim forms; provides policies shall not exclude coverage if gender indication is different from sex assigned at birth or gender otherwise recorded.

Who sponsors NY S 5556?

Brad Hoylman-Sigal is the primary sponsor of NY S 5556, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to gender indication on insurance claim forms; provides policies shall not exclude coverage if gender indication is different from sex assigned at birth or gender otherwise recorded.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-06-13 — COMMITTED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Brad Hoylman-Sigalprimary
  • Lea Webbcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-26

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2025-03-25

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2025-03-24

    1ST REPORT CAL.589

  5. 2025-02-25

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Insurance Vote

    2025-03-24 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jake Ashby: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Pamela Helming: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5330not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 726not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3234not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5556?summary=&detail=

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