---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the removal of actions to certain courts in an adjoining county"
description: "Allows the removal of criminal actions to a mental health court in an adjoining county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 7563"
citation: "New York A 7563 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aa60a87-24d9-4118-b319-954e62456b33"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7563"
source_hash: "4dd56dc5210385bf8937868cb54c37fbe08d257ade4436474602e8286fbd386c"
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 7563 (2025-2026) — Relates to the removal of actions to certain courts in an adjoining county

Allows the removal of criminal actions to a mental health court in an adjoining county.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7563&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)
- Brian Manktelow — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED
- **2025-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.403
- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.403
- **2025-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8312
- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1722
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.587 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-05** APPROVAL MEMO.12

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aa60a87-24d9-4118-b319-954e62456b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).