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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5406: Requires all state and private agencies with mandatory reporters of incidents involving vulnerable people to retrain all staff on reporting to a 9-1-1 operator and the county district attorney's office

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 5406 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires all state and private agencies with mandatory reporters of incidents involving vulnerable people to retrain all staff on reporting to a 9-1-1 operator and the county district attorney's office. Primary sponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO DISABILITIES.

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Official summary

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

Requires all state and private agencies with mandatory reporters of incidents involving vulnerable people to retrain all staff on reporting to a 9-1-1 operator and the county district attorney's office and state and private websites; requires written materials to be updated.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 6 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Reform 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pete HarckhamPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Andrew LanzaCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/ReformSenate24
Jack MartinsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate7
Tom O'MaraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate58
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Jim TediscoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44
Mark WalczykCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate49
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. REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
  2. REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

Sources

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