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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1226: Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care

Vetoed Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 1226 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care. Primary sponsor: Gustavo Rivera (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 19, 2025): VETOED MEMO.137.

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 public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 11 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gustavo RiveraPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Liz KruegerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate28
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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. VETOED MEMO.137
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.503
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A6004
  7. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. PASSED SENATE
  10. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  11. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  12. 1ST REPORT CAL.127

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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