---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof"
description: "Creates a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force to examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide prevention for our veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1788"
citation: "New York S 1788 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/191fef4d-8aeb-4cb2-aa28-9012b20e39f2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1788"
source_hash: "c5ca4527554fb872c090336d24258ee1dc1b4adbca98b6ecba8e86bda22754fc"
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 1788 (2021-2022) — Creates a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

Creates a veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force to examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide prevention for our veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1788** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1788&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1788A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1788A)

## Votes

- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JORDAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- LANZA — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- O'MARA — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RITCHIE — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.216
- **2021-02-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 1788A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5836A
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.331
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.770 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.130

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/191fef4d-8aeb-4cb2-aa28-9012b20e39f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).