A 4921 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the college student suicide prevention act

Summary

Enacts the college student suicide prevention act to provide for policies, procedures and guidelines on suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for every higher education institution.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

A4921B → A4921C · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to replace a lengthy list of legislative findings and definitions with a single, direct mandate. This change shifts the focus from explaining the problem to establishing a clear legal requirement for all higher education institutions to adopt suicide prevention policies by August 1, 2027. The new version requires these policies to be developed in consultation with mental health professionals and community stakeholders.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a descriptive act detailing the mental health crisis to a prescriptive law imposing specific obligations on all higher education institutions in New York State.

REQUIREMENT

Removed extensive legislative findings and definitions that detailed statistics on suicide rates, specific survey data, and the lack of uniform state requirements.

Added a mandatory requirement for the governing board of every higher education institution to adopt suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policies by August 1, 2027.

Specified that the required policies must be developed in consultation with collegiate and community stakeholders, campus-employed mental health professionals, and suicide prevention experts.

STRUCTURE

Reorganized the bill structure by removing the original Section 2 (Definitions) and replacing the entire legislative intent section with the new operational mandate.

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4921C

lower

Jun 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

Apr 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4921B

lower

Apr 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4921A

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

lower

1 primary · 29 co-sponsors