---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to education on the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning"
description: "Provides that the department of health may conduct education and outreach programs promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5815"
citation: "New York S 5815 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Mannion"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-17"
last_action: "2024-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87088da7-5959-4e03-abe0-96c863f727e9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5815"
source_hash: "7d9dc7474e72cce8259ef636e95cf5cfa67ae0e5fc304ce9cb943f6ebbb6e11e"
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 5815 (2023-2024) — Relates to education on the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning

Provides that the department of health may conduct education and outreach programs promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5815** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5815&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5815A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5815A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Mannion — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.854
- **2023-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** PRINT NUMBER 5815A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.168
- **2024-01-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-01-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-02-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-02-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-14** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6205A
- **2024-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.70
- **2024-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-08-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-29** SIGNED CHAP.294 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87088da7-5959-4e03-abe0-96c863f727e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).