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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6244: Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health 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 6244 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act". Primary sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 10, 2025): SUBSTITUTED BY A6721A.

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 "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SkoufisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
James SandersCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10

“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 A6721A
  2. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6244A
  3. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  4. RETURNED TO SENATE
  5. RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
  6. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  7. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  8. PASSED SENATE
  9. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  10. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  11. 1ST REPORT CAL.597
  12. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Sources

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