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NY A 911

in committee

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 911 pass?

Not yet. NY A 911 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CORRECTION

What is NY A 911 about?

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.

Who sponsors NY A 911?

Phara Souffrant Forrest is the primary sponsor of NY A 911.

Description

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.

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

  • Phara Souffrant Forrestprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CORRECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-07

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORRECTION

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-07

    PRINT NUMBER 911A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CORRECTION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7533not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4269

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A911?summary=&detail=

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