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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5294: Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program

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

S 5294 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program. Primary sponsor: Luis Sepúlveda (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 11, 2025): SUBSTITUTED BY A203B.

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 hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Luis SepúlvedaPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Joe GriffoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate53
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38

“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 A203B
  2. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5294B
  3. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5294A
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.893
  7. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

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