Bill Commons

NY A 5424

in committee

Establishes the Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Establishes the Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act requiring autopsy reports to include all photographs of the body, microscopic slides, and post-mortem x-rays taken by, at the direction of, or reviewed by the person performing the autopsy.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Emily Gallagherprimary
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor
  • Emerita Torrescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-29

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-29

    PRINT NUMBER 5424A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5424?summary=&detail=

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