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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4899: Requires a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 4899 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence. Primary sponsor: Sarah Clark (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 30 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY S2280C.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment as part of the standardized domestic incident report form when responding to incidents of domestic violence.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 18 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 8 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sarah ClarkPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
Stacey Pheffer AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Didi BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse106
Anil BeephanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse105
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Pat CarrollCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse96
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Amy PaulinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Jon RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Latrice WalkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse55

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. SUBSTITUTED BY S2280C
  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.261
  3. RULES REPORT CAL.261
  4. REPORTED
  5. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  6. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  7. PRINT NUMBER 4899C
  8. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
  9. REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
  10. PRINT NUMBER 4899B
  11. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  12. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source