---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan"
description: "Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 785"
citation: "New York A 785 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michaelle C. Solages"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/373585c2-6076-4035-be13-5c83cd8068ce"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A785"
source_hash: "97e2ad05816e9e80aa8099bee075258f0437ce62b07b4fa983f6cc6f7a388dab"
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 785 (2025-2026) — Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan

Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.

## Version chain

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

1. **A785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A785&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A785A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A785A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michaelle C. Solages — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jerett Gandolfo — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- John K. Mikulin — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Khaleel Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
- Landon C. Dais — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Durso — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Palmesano — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 785A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** REPORTED
- **2025-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.600
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.600
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5539A
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1401
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-07-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-24** SIGNED CHAP.189 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/373585c2-6076-4035-be13-5c83cd8068ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).