Bill Commons

NY S 969

in committee

Relates to penalties for promotion of a suicide attempt

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 969 pass?

Not yet. NY S 969 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 969 about?

Provides that a person may be charged with promoting a suicide or manslaughter if such person is convicted of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, an incompetent or physically disabled person and the conduct was the proximate cause of the victim's suicide.

Who sponsors NY S 969?

Robert Rolison is the primary sponsor of NY S 969.

Description

Provides that a person may be charged with promoting a suicide or manslaughter if such person is convicted of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, an incompetent or physically disabled person and the conduct was the proximate cause of the victim's suicide.

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

  • Robert Rolisonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8541not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1294not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2150not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 8181not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 280

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S969?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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