---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act\""
description: "Enacts the \"Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act\" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 6721"
citation: "New York A 6721 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Griffin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37bf62c-935b-462b-9da4-a2e30b9abdbe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6721"
source_hash: "e678b9e471e3e10fcf8024c978593784a2788a5678f1f22955a12cc159b05d68"
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 6721 (2025-2026) — Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act"

Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6721&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A6721A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A6721A)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Judy Griffin — primary (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Aron Wieder — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
- Didi Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Erik Dilan — cosponsor (person)
- Gabriella Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jenifer Rajkumar — cosponsor (person)
- Jerett Gandolfo — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Angelino — cosponsor (person)
- John K. Mikulin — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Kalman Yeger — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Durso — cosponsor (person)
- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** PRINT NUMBER 6721A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.444
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.444
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6244A
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.597
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.641 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-18** APPROVAL MEMO.27

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b37bf62c-935b-462b-9da4-a2e30b9abdbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).