New York 2025 Session Status: Enacted

A6721 — Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act"

Last action — Signed by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 11, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Kathy Hochul (Democratic) on December 18, 2025.

Prognosis

Advancing 50% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. APPROVAL MEMO.27

  2. SIGNED CHAP.641

  3. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

  4. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. PASSED SENATE

  6. 3RD READING CAL.597

  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR S6244A

  8. REFERRED TO RULES

  9. DELIVERED TO SENATE

  10. PASSED ASSEMBLY

  11. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.444

  12. RULES REPORT CAL.444

  13. REPORTED

  14. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  15. PRINT NUMBER 6721A

  16. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

  17. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does A6721 do?
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.
Who sponsors A6721?
A6721 is sponsored by Judy Griffin.
What is the current status of A6721?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 11, 2025. Enacted.
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