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NY S 3897

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Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 3897 pass?

Not yet. NY S 3897 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 S 3897 about?

Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans in New York state and to deliver a finding of the results of such study to the governor and the legislative leaders.

Who sponsors NY S 3897?

Kevin S. Parker is the primary sponsor of NY S 3897.

Description

Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans in New York state and to deliver a finding of the results of such study to the governor and the legislative leaders.

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

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    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: S 4553not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5148not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1149

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S3897?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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