New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S9272: Relates to expanding opioid overdose prevention measures in certain settings
Status: Passed both chambers, June 5, 2026
Requires school districts, public libraries, BOCES, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public schools to provide and maintain on-site opioid antagonists; requires the department of health to provide such opioid antagonists to such entities upon request.
What the bill says
An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding opioid overdose prevention measures in certain settings.
From the amended text, May 13, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding opioid overdose prevention measures in certain settings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 922 of the education law, as amended by chapter 68 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: § 922. Opioid overdose prevention. 1. School districts, public libraries, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and secondary schools in this state [may] SHALL provide and maintain on-site in each instructional school facility or library, opioid antagonists, as defined in section three thousand three hundred nine of the public health law, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to be adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use during emergencies to any student, individual on library premises or staff suspected of having opioid overdose whether or not there is a previous history of opioid abuse. 2. School districts, public libraries, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and secondary schools in this state [may] SHALL elect to participate as an opioid antagonist recipient and any person employed by any such entity that has …
Sponsors
- Nathalia Fernandez (D, 34) · primary sponsor
- Peter Oberacker (R, 51)
Latest actions
- : RETURNED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.542
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR A8814A
- : REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1485
- : COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- : PRINT NUMBER 9272A
Votes
- Senate Rules Committee: COMMITTEE Vote (June 1, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Rules Committee Vote (June 1, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (June 1, 2026): 59 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Committee: COMMITTEE Vote (April 29, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Committee Vote (April 29, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Education Law
Common questions
- What is S9272?
- S9272 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to expanding opioid overdose prevention measures in certain settings.
- What does S9272 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the education law, in relation to expanding opioid overdose prevention measures in certain settings.
- What is the status of S9272?
- Passed both chambers as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: RETURNED TO SENATE (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S9272?
- Nathalia Fernandez (D, 34), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S9272?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9272
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