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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8061: Provides for mental health counseling for correction officers and civilian staff in correctional facilities

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 8061 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on May 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for mental health counseling for correction officers and civilian staff in correctional facilities. Primary sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 2, 2026): REFERRED TO CORRECTION.

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.

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of mental health, to make mental health counseling available to all correction officers and civilian staff in correctional facilities.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SkoufisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Joe GriffoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate53
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39

“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 CORRECTION
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.625
  7. REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
  8. REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Sources

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