New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A4899: Requires a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence
Status: In committee, May 29, 2026
Requires law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment as part of the standardized domestic incident report form when responding to incidents of domestic violence.
What the bill says
An act to amend the executive law and the general business law, in relation to requiring a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence.
From the amended text, April 30, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the general business law, in relation to requiring a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 646 of the executive law, as added by chapter 152 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3. An individual who has been the victim in this state of a family offense as defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of the criminal procedure law or section eight hundred twelve of the family court act may, upon alleging that it would be a hardship for [him or her] SUCH INDIVIDUAL to make such complaint in the local jurisdiction in which such offense occurred, make a complaint to any local law enforcement agency in the state regardless of where the act took place. Such local law enforcement agency shall take a police report of the matter, as well as prepare a domestic [violence] incident report WHICH INCLUDES LETHALITY ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS as defined in subdivision fifteen of section eight hundred thirty-seven of this chapter and provide the complainant with a copy of such report free of charge. A copy of the police report EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in …
Sponsors
- Sarah Clark (D, 136) · primary sponsor
- Karen McMahon (D, 146)
- Dana Levenberg (D, 95)
- Jennifer Lunsford (D, 135)
- Noah Burroughs (D, 18)
- Yudelka Tapia (D, 86)
- Harvey Epstein (D, 74)
- Judy Griffin (D, 21)
- Joseph DeStefano (R, 3)
- Anna Kelles (D, 125)
- Marianne Buttenschon (D, 119)
- Amy Paulin (D, 88)
Latest actions
- : SUBSTITUTED BY S2280C
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.261
- : RULES REPORT CAL.261
- : REPORTED
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : PRINT NUMBER 4899C
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
- : PRINT NUMBER 4899B
Votes
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (May 29, 2026): 30 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (May 29, 2026): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Codes Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means (May 5, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Governmental Operations Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes (January 12, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Executive Law
Common questions
- What is A4899?
- A4899 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Requires a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence.
- What does A4899 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the executive law and the general business law, in relation to requiring a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence.
- What is the status of A4899?
- In committee as of May 29, 2026. Latest action: SUBSTITUTED BY S2280C (May 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored A4899?
- Sarah Clark (D, 136), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A4899?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4899
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