Designates May ninth as Opioid Awareness Day

Latest action May 7, 2026

Designates May ninth as "Opioid Awareness Day".

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A10572, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Executive Law.

Committee

Finance · New York State Senate

Also referred to Governmental Operations · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To designate May ninth as Opioid Awareness Day

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 7, 2026Result: passed
(61) (0) (0) (2)
Vote: Committee vote · Finance
Senate FinanceJan 20, 2026Result: passed
(21) (0) (0) (1)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 12, 2025Result: passed
(57) (0) (0) (5)
Vote: Committee vote · Finance
Senate FinanceJan 21, 2025Result: passed
(21) (0) (0) (1)

Cosponsors

Dean Murray, Pamela Helming and 1 more on Agora

Republican3

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Nathalia Fernandez says this is needed

Opioids, such as heroin, prescription painkillers, and illicitly manu- factured fentanyl, have become an ever-growing, dire concern in New York State. Opioids were involved in 80,411 overdose deaths in 2021; 75.4% of all drug overdose deaths. Fentanyl is now the most common drug involved in overdose deaths; being detected in 81% of drug overdose deaths in New York City. In 2021, 30 New Yorkers per 100,000 died from drug overdoses; 25 per 100,000 New Yorkers died from opioid overdoses in that year, compared to 5 in 2010. New York's opioid overdose death rates exceeded national rates in both 2020 and 2021. Furthermore, fatalities and death rates grew across all racial and ethnic groups, increasing nearly five times for Black New Yorkers, 4 times for Hispanic or Latino New Yorkers, and three times for White New Yorkers. In 2020, death rates were highest for White New Yorkers at 28.7 per 100,000 people. Recognition of this issue helps to encourage awareness on substance use disorders and helps to destigmatize the opioid epidemic that is disproportionately affecting black and brown new yorkers. Recognizing New York's opioid epidemic will allow us to provide harm reduction strategies to avoid unnecessary death. Through awareness, we can p rovide syringe services programs, overdose prevention and intervention such as naloxone distribution and fentanyl test strip distribution to better help address the immediate health and safety for those who use opioids.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

May 7, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 7, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
Mar 13, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
Jan 27, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate

Show full history (11 earlier events)

Jan 21, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Jan 20, 2026
1ST Report CAL.115
1ST REPORT CAL.115
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
May 12, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 12, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 12, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
Jan 27, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Jan 22, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Jan 21, 2025
1ST Report CAL.114
1ST REPORT CAL.114
NY Senate
Jan 14, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
Party colors: Parties are shown in the same neutral colors.
Source: From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 31, 2026. About our data

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