---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the reporting of a veteran's suicide"
description: "Provides that the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall promptly report to the division of veterans' services, in a form developed and provided by such division, any death which appears to be a suicide by a person who, to the knowledge of the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner, is a veteran; a report shall be provided to the governor and legislature on certain suicide statistics no later than June 13, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3237"
citation: "New York A 3237 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-12-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/985463b6-3746-4dc3-94e8-ba903d7e8b61"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3237"
source_hash: "1c63e52bca6328bc4ab6fa522327203524d858a4938ed6a5987f64534cd6d7a8"
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 3237 (2021-2022) — Relates to the reporting of a veteran's suicide

Provides that the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall promptly report to the division of veterans' services, in a form developed and provided by such division, any death which appears to be a suicide by a person who, to the knowledge of the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner, is a veteran; a report shall be provided to the governor and legislature on certain suicide statistics no later than June 13, 2024.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A3237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3237)
2. **A3237A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3237A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- MANKTELOW — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 3237A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.105
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.105
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2036B
- **2021-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1101
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-09** SIGNED CHAP.657 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-09** APPROVAL MEMO.57

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/985463b6-3746-4dc3-94e8-ba903d7e8b61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).