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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6721: Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act"

Enacted 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 6721 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act". Primary sponsor: Judy Griffin (Democratic). It lists 47 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 18, 2025): APPROVAL MEMO.27.

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Official summary

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

Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 32 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 8 · Republican 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Judy GriffinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Stacey Pheffer AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Didi BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse106
Sam BergerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Ed BraunsteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Erik DilanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Michael DursoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Jarett GandolfoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse7
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Larinda HooksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse35
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
John MikulinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Kwani O'PharrowCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Ed RaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Jenifer RajkumarCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Phil RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Gabriella RomeroCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse109
Nily RozicCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Tommy John SchiavoniCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse1
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Michaelle SolagesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Steve SternCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Aron WiederCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse97
Jaime WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse59
Carrie WoernerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Kalman YegerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“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. APPROVAL MEMO.27
  2. SIGNED CHAP.641
  3. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  4. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  5. PASSED SENATE
  6. 3RD READING CAL.597
  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR S6244A
  8. REFERRED TO RULES
  9. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  10. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  11. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.444
  12. RULES REPORT CAL.444

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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