Relates to the sale of monuments; provides no religious corporation owning, managing or controlling a cemetery shall, directly or indirectly, engage in the sale of monuments, or authorize or permit any employee or trustee or director thereof to advertise or make known their relationship to such religious corporation or cemetery if such person is engaged in the sale of monuments outside of their employment by or affiliation with the religious corporation or the cemetery.

New York Senate Bill S05838 aimed to prevent religious organizations that own, manage, or control cemeteries from selling monuments directly or indirectly. It also sought to prohibit their employees, trustees, or directors from using their association with the religious organization or cemetery to promote their own monument sales conducted outside of their official roles. The bill was introduced on March 3, 2025, but was recommitted with the enacting clause stricken on December 1, 2025, effectively halting its progress.

Positive media analysis is being generated.

Although direct media critiques are not found, opponents of the bill might have contended that it could impose unnecessary restrictions on religious organizations, potentially affecting their financial sustainability. They may have also argued that the bill could limit consumer choice by reducing the availability of monument sales through trusted religious institutions.