republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-6601.md

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Bill	Relates to medical attention for persons under arrest	Provides that when a person is under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement representative or entity, such officer, representative or entity shall have a duty to provide attention to the medical and mental health needs of such person.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 6601	New York S 6601 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	BAILEY	3	17	3	2019-06-18	2020-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/3da95dac-7da8-470f-931b-52ecf2d5b077	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6601	b97af190fbb3e4dd2fb4841e56a003052ec4492eab61f3f0aaeae6e2b6b9c57c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 6601 (2019-2020) — Relates to medical attention for persons under arrest

Provides that when a person is under arrest or otherwise in custody of a police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement representative or entity, such officer, representative or entity shall have a duty to provide attention to the medical and mental health needs of such person.

Version chain

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

1. S6601 (committee substitute) — source
2. S6601A (committee substitute) — source
3. S6601B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: B — 60–2 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 109–35 (pass) · lower
• Rules Vote - Version: B — 18–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• BAILEY — primary (person)
• BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
• BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
• COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
• HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
• HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
• LIU — cosponsor (person)
• MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
• RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
• SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
• SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
• SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
• SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-18 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2019-10-07 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2019-10-07 PRINT NUMBER 6601A amendment-passage
• 2020-01-08 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2020-06-06 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-06-06 PRINT NUMBER 6601B amendment-passage
• 2020-06-08 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-06-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.691
• 2020-06-09 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-06-09 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-06-09 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2020-06-09 SUBSTITUTED FOR A8226B
• 2020-06-09 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.63
• 2020-06-09 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-06-09 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-06-15 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-06-15 SIGNED CHAP.103 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3da95dac-7da8-470f-931b-52ecf2d5b077. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).