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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 55: Enacts the overdose prevention and recovery act

Passed one chamber 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 55 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the overdose prevention and recovery act. Primary sponsor: Nathalia Fernández (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO FINANCE.

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.

Enacts the overdose prevention and recovery act; directs that at least twenty percent of funds from the opioid stewardship fund shall be invested in recovery services and supports; requires an annual report to the legislature regarding funds distributed from the opioid stewardship fund; makes the opioid stewardship fund permanent.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nathalia FernándezPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“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 FINANCE
  2. RETURNED TO SENATE
  3. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  4. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  5. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  6. PASSED SENATE
  7. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  8. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  9. 1ST REPORT CAL.464
  10. REFERRED TO FINANCE

Sources

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