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A 7699: Requires each certificate of death to also be filed with each board of elections within the state.
What A 7699 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires each certificate of death to be filed with each board of elections within the state. The state board of elections will receive monthly records from the department of health, containing the names, addresses, and birth dates of individuals of voting age for whom death certificates were issued. These records will be arranged by county of residence and will be delivered to each board of elections in a manner prescribed by the state board of elections. The bill will take effect 60 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7699
- What is the current status of A 7699?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7699 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 7699 pass?
- Not yet. A 7699 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7699, and where is it now?
- A 7699 was authored by Asm. Steve Stern with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Apr. 08, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 8, 2025 · 259 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7699 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STERN, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring each certificate of death to also be filed with each board of elections within the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4140 of the public health law, as 2 amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. The commissioner and the department of health of the city of New 5 York shall deliver to the state board of elections, at least monthly, 6 records in a format as mutually determined by both agencies, of the 7 names of all persons of voting age for whom death certificates were 8 issued. Such records shall be arranged by county of residence and shall 9 include the name, residence address and birth date of each such person, 10 and be conveyed therewith to each board of elections within the state in 11 a manner prescribed by the state board of elections. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00888-01-5
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