New York 2025 Session Status: Passed Assembly

A7894 — Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents

Last action — Passed Senate

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced April 11, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Assembly

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  2. PASSED SENATE

  3. 3RD READING CAL.170

  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR S7457B

  5. REFERRED TO HEALTH

  6. DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. PASSED ASSEMBLY

  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.236

  9. REPORTED

  10. REFERRED TO HEALTH

  11. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 7894C

  12. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  13. PRINT NUMBER 7894B

  14. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

  15. PRINT NUMBER 7894A

  16. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

  17. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does A7894 do?
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.
Who sponsors A7894?
A7894 is sponsored by Amy Paulin.
What is the current status of A7894?
This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced April 11, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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