---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to cases terminated due to mental disease or defect and to establishing reporting obligations regarding such cases"
description: "Relates to cases terminated due to mental disease or defect and to establishing reporting obligations regarding such cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9491"
citation: "New York A 9491 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Simone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b493b4b-e54e-4997-be87-47473e98669b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9491"
source_hash: "5aa499a81d86ca607294db82d1db911250a95c2f82f2234e9035ea58f15b262e"
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 9491 (2025-2026) — Relates to cases terminated due to mental disease or defect and to establishing reporting obligations regarding such cases

Relates to cases terminated due to mental disease or defect and to establishing reporting obligations regarding such cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9491&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tony Simone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED
- **2026-01-13** RULES REPORT CAL.34
- **2026-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.34
- **2026-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8813
- **2026-01-28** 3RD READING CAL.89
- **2026-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.29 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b493b4b-e54e-4997-be87-47473e98669b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).