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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5539: Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan

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 5539 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan. Primary sponsor: April Baskin (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 11, 2025): SUBSTITUTED BY A785A.

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 schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 5 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April BaskinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Roxanne PersaudCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
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. SUBSTITUTED BY A785A
  2. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  3. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  4. 1ST REPORT CAL.1401
  5. PRINT NUMBER 5539A
  6. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
  7. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

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