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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 9645: Relates to establishing a veteran suicide mortality review board

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 9645 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to establishing a veteran suicide mortality review board. Primary sponsor: Charles Lavine (Democratic). It lists 28 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY S8968A.

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.

Establishes a 13 member veteran suicide mortality review board to serve as the statewide entity responsible for the multidisciplinary review of suicide deaths among veterans by identifying trends and systemic factors contributing to veteran suicide; assessing gaps in services, access to care, and institutional practices; developing evidence-based recommendations for prevention and policy improvement; and promoting collaboration among relevant state, local, and federal agencies.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 17 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 2 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 5 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Charles LavinePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Lester ChangCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Kwani O'PharrowCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Ed RaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Tommy John SchiavoniCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse1
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
John ZaccaroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80

“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 S8968A
  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.309
  3. RULES REPORT CAL.309
  4. REPORTED
  5. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  6. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  7. PRINT NUMBER 9645A
  8. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
  9. REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Sources

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