---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling"
description: "Provides confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8769"
citation: "New York S 8769 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16077122-d7e1-4863-b53d-14e5b6a786ff"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8769"
source_hash: "ccd67389b34360ee8226def30ae17825129eacad1fe53b5c28ddd545ae2884e4"
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 8769 (2025-2026) — Provides confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling

Provides confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8769&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.65
- **2026-01-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-21** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9495
- **2026-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.65
- **2026-01-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.61 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16077122-d7e1-4863-b53d-14e5b6a786ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).