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NY A 5197

in committee

Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5197 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5197 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

What is NY A 5197 about?

Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

Who sponsors NY A 5197?

Karines Reyes is the primary sponsor of NY A 5197, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Karines Reyesprimary
  • Carrie Woernercosponsor
  • David Weprincosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Andrew Hevesicosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Steven Otiscosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Deborah Glickcosponsor
  • Jeffrey Dinowitzcosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor
  • John T. McDonald IIIcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8306not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1548not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6599not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 7914

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5197?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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