S8059 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Establishes a blue envelope program for persons with mental health disorders, behavioral disorders and persons who are neurodivergent to be provided with blue envelopes to keep their identification, vehicle registration, and other related documents to improve their safety during law enforcement interactions; requires the municipal police training council to promulgate rules and regulations requiring training and instruction for all police officers with respect to the blue envelope program.
- Title
- Establishes a blue envelope program for persons with mental health disorders, behavioral disorders and persons who are neurodivergent
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-06-01
- In committee
- Transportation
- Introduced
- 2025-05-15
- Same as
- A8719
- Law section
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
Sponsors
- Jamaal T. Bailey State Senator, District 36
Co-sponsors
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. State Senator, District 15
- Nathalia Fernandez State Senator, District 34
Heard in committee
- Transportation NY State Assembly committee
- Rules NY State Senate committee
- Transportation NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A8719 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Transportation, 2026-04-21 First reading
- Rules, 2025-06-09