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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enacts the \"Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act\""
+description: "Enacts the \"Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act\" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 6721"
+citation: "New York A 6721 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Judy Griffin"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-12-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37bf62c-935b-462b-9da4-a2e30b9abdbe"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6721"
+source_hash: "e678b9e471e3e10fcf8024c978593784a2788a5678f1f22955a12cc159b05d68"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 6721 (2025-2026) — Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act"
+
+Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A6721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6721&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A6721A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A6721A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Judy Griffin — primary (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
+- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
+- Aron Wieder — cosponsor (person)
+- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
+- Didi Barrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Erik Dilan — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabriella Romero — cosponsor (person)
+- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
+- Jenifer Rajkumar — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerett Gandolfo — cosponsor (person)
+- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Angelino — cosponsor (person)
+- John K. Mikulin — cosponsor (person)
+- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
+- Kalman Yeger — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
+- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
+- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Durso — cosponsor (person)
+- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
+- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
+- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
+- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Berger — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
+- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-11** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-28** PRINT NUMBER 6721A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
+- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.444
+- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.444
+- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6244A
+- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.597
+- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.641 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-12-18** APPROVAL MEMO.27
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b37bf62c-935b-462b-9da4-a2e30b9abdbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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