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NY A 8396

in committee

Enacts the student suicide prevention act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8396 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8396 is in committee as of 2026-05-12 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-12): PRINT NUMBER 8396B

What is NY A 8396 about?

Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.

Who sponsors NY A 8396?

Carrie Woerner is the primary sponsor of NY A 8396, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-12 — PRINT NUMBER 8396B
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Carrie Woernerprimary
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Nily Roziccosponsor
  • MaryJane Shimskycosponsor
  • Emerita Torrescosponsor
  • Harry B. Bronsoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-13

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-06

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-06

    PRINT NUMBER 8396A

    amendment-passage

  5. 2026-05-12

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  6. 2026-05-12

    PRINT NUMBER 8396B

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7762not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 10551not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 10249

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8396?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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