New York Senate Bill 1855

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Engrossed on April 1 2025 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-09 - referred to health
Pending: Assembly Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers; requires medical expert consultants involved in investigations disclose conflicts of interest and to not be under investigation, on warning, or on probation; requires a zero-tolerance policy to be adopted and training to be provided on sexual misconduct by the board for professional misconduct; includes provisions related to the right to have a chaperone; includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.

Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers; requires medical expert consultants involved in investigations disclose conflicts of interest and to not be under investigation, on warning, or on probation; requires a zero-tolerance policy to be adopted and training to be provided on sexual misconduct by the board for professional misconduct; includes provisions related to the right to have a chaperone; includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.

Sen. Gustavo Rivera [D]	Sen. Samra Brouk [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]	Sen. Liz Krueger [D]
Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]	Sen. Julia Salazar [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Sen. Lea Webb [D]

2026-03-09 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 60 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-24 - Senate - Senate Health Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-01 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 63 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-12 - Senate - Senate Health Committee Vote (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-09	Assembly	referred to health
2026-03-09	Senate	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-03-09	Senate	PASSED SENATE
2026-02-26	Senate	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-02-25	Senate	2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-02-24	Senate	1ST REPORT CAL.387
2026-01-07	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH
2026-01-07	Assembly	returned to senate
2026-01-07	Assembly	died in assembly
2025-04-01	Assembly	referred to health
2025-04-01	Senate	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-04-01	Senate	PASSED SENATE
2025-02-25	Senate	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-02-24	Senate	2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-02-12	Senate	1ST REPORT CAL.353
2025-01-14	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH

A08081 (Same As) 2026-01-07 - referred to health

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1855
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01855&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S01855
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1855#SC1
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1855#SF1
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1855#SC2
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1855#SF2