New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A10299: Allows individuals to register in the donate life registry through personal income tax filings
Status: In committee, June 4, 2026
Directs the department of taxation and finance to include an opportunity on certain personal income tax forms for individuals to provide written consent to be added to the donate life registry; makes related provisions.
What the bill says
An act to amend the tax law and the public health law, in relation to allowing individuals to register in the "donate life registry" through personal income tax filings.
From the amended text, May 15, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the tax law and the public health law, in relation to allowing individuals to register in the "donate life registry" through personal income tax filings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 171-bb to read as follows: § 171-BB. DONATE LIFE REGISTRY. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DONATE LIFE REGISTRY" SHALL MEAN THE NEW YORK STATE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONATIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. 2. FOR EACH TAXABLE YEAR BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY ON RESIDENT INCOME TAX RETURNS PREPARED AND FILED THROUGH COMMERCIAL TAX PREPARATION SOFTWARE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO ALLOW EACH INDIVIDUAL FILING SUCH A TAX RETURN, INCLUDING SPOUSES FILING A JOINT RETURN, HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS, OR SURVIVING SPOUSES, TO PROVIDE WRITTEN CONSENT FOR THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY TO ENROLL SUCH INDIVIDUAL IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY, AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO SHARE SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S INFORMATION WITH THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY AS PROVIDED UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. 3. BEGINNING ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF …
Sponsors
- Yudelka Tapia (D, 86) · primary sponsor
- Marianne Buttenschon (D, 119)
- Thomas Schiavoni (D, 1)
- Maryjane Shimsky (D, 92)
- Nader Sayegh (D, 90)
- Tony Simone (D, 75)
- Linda Rosenthal (D, 67)
- Dana Levenberg (D, 95)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz (D, 81)
- Andrew Hevesi (D, 28)
- Donna Lupardo (D, 123)
- Judy Griffin (D, 21)
Latest actions
- : SUBSTITUTED BY S8841A
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.504
- : RULES REPORT CAL.504
- : REPORTED
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : PRINT NUMBER 10299B
- : AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
- : PRINT NUMBER 10299A
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
Votes
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (June 4, 2026): 32 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (June 4, 2026): 28 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Health Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means (May 27, 2026): 24 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Tax Law
Common questions
- What is A10299?
- A10299 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Allows individuals to register in the donate life registry through personal income tax filings.
- What does A10299 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the tax law and the public health law, in relation to allowing individuals to register in the "donate life registry" through personal income tax filings.
- What is the status of A10299?
- In committee as of June 4, 2026. Latest action: SUBSTITUTED BY S8841A (June 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored A10299?
- Yudelka Tapia (D, 86), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A10299?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10299
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