---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires an education campaign about the 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline"
description: "Requires student identification cards to contain the new national suicide prevention lifeline number, 9-8-8, and the crisis text line."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6563"
citation: "New York A 6563 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sarah Clark"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2024-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc68cf24-d3ec-4676-a38c-635b370917a0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6563"
source_hash: "42ab0898ca463173075840dcb163d4cb99fa8cec34d284a435735e9dd7bd9af0"
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 6563 (2023-2024) — Requires an education campaign about the 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline

Requires student identification cards to contain the new national suicide prevention lifeline number, 9-8-8, and the crisis text line.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6563&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A6563A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A6563A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sarah Clark — primary (person)
- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel O'Donnell — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** REFERENCE CHANGED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** PRINT NUMBER 6563A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** REPORTED
- **2024-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.451
- **2024-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-14** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1865B
- **2024-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1628
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-09-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-09** SIGNED CHAP.312 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc68cf24-d3ec-4676-a38c-635b370917a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).