---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to reporting of a veteran's suicide"
description: "Provides that the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall report to the division of veterans' services, in a form and time frame developed by the department of health, 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; defines veteran."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7738"
citation: "New York S 7738 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/594322c2-6e16-4242-9a54-dea38ba568ae"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7738"
source_hash: "d445f91c8ed91ac7dbbda6eaaf6cef5e8cee703eb8ba4680f9d892c4531128de"
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 S 7738 (2021-2022) — Relates to reporting of a veteran's suicide

Provides that the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall report to the division of veterans' services, in a form and time frame developed by the department of health, 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; defines veteran.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7738&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.66
- **2022-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8715
- **2022-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.318
- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/594322c2-6e16-4242-9a54-dea38ba568ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).