---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to mandatory continuing education requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies"
description: "Requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of mandatory continuing education every three years for coroners and coroner's deputies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9439"
citation: "New York A 9439 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fd7496e-065c-4a84-b1ae-bce3130a2981"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9439"
source_hash: "dc7c438ed080402522a178d401214627c152aa62fbd11cd501596e056476389f"
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 9439 (2025-2026) — Relates to mandatory continuing education requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies

Requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of mandatory continuing education every three years for coroners and coroner's deputies.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9439&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** REPORTED
- **2026-01-28** RULES REPORT CAL.62
- **2026-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.62
- **2026-01-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-28** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8788
- **2026-01-29** 3RD READING CAL.76
- **2026-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.9 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fd7496e-065c-4a84-b1ae-bce3130a2981`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).