S 56 — Establishes a drug checking program
Congress · introduced 2024-12-17
Establishes through the department of health a drug checking services program to allow individuals to bring drugs or controlled substances and have them tested for contaminants, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds; requires the department to establish public health surveillance of the unregulated drug supply; provides exemptions for participants in the drug checking program from certain controlled substance offenses.
Latest action: 2026-05-12 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — sponsor · 2024-12-17
- Cordell Cleare (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal (—, NY-47) — cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Gustavo Rivera (—, NY-33) — cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- James Sanders Jr. (—, NY-10) — cosponsor · 2024-12-17
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO HEALTH
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 56A
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 56B
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
- · senate — COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1456
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- · assembly — DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — REFERRED TO HEALTH
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
- · senate — 1ST REPORT CAL.586
- · senate — 2ND REPORT CAL.
- · senate — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Text versions
- Introduced · 2024-12-17 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2025-01-13 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2025-03-24 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (9)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE | lobbies_on_bill | — | ny_lobbying | |
| 2024-12-17 | Robert Jackson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-17 | Brad Hoylman-Sigal | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-17 | Gustavo Rivera | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-17 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-17 | Cordell Cleare | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-17 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-17 | James Sanders Jr. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-17 | Nathalia Fernandez | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 9 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Lobbying
← Lobbies on bill 1 edge
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 7 edges
- James Sanders Jr. · cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Cordell Cleare · cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Julia Salazar · cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Robert Jackson · cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal · cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Gustavo Rivera · cosponsor · 2024-12-17
- Rachel May · cosponsor · 2024-12-17
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Nathalia Fernandez · sponsor · 2024-12-17
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brad Hoylman-Sigal (—, state_upper NY-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Gustavo Rivera (—, state_upper NY-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE · ny_lobbying
- 2024-12-17 · cosponsored by James Sanders Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-17 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-17 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-17 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-17 · cosponsored by Gustavo Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-17 · cosponsored by Brad Hoylman-Sigal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-17 · sponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-17 · cosponsored by Cordell Cleare (cosponsor) · sponsorship