S 8587 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires epinephrine devices for anaphylaxis and staff trained to use them at child day care centers

Summary

Requires child day care centers to have epinephrine devices and staff trained to use them on site in case of anaphylaxis or other severe allergic reaction.

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Nov 19, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2026

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What changed between versions

S8587 → S8587A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended to reorganize the text for clarity and add a new requirement that the Office of Children and Family Services must provide child day care providers with information on how to obtain free epinephrine devices. The bill also updated the effective date of the law to ninety days after passage instead of one hundred eighty days.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandate for the Office of Children and Family Services to inform child day care providers about how to access free epinephrine devices through existing programs.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the act from ninety days after becoming law to one hundred eighty days after becoming law.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized the bill's text to separate the requirement for trained staff from the training course requirements and added a new subsection (b-1) for clarity.

Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2026

How they voted

21–0

Passed

Total votes 21

May 28, 2026

D Democratic14

14 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican7

7 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

May 28, 2026

Committee

COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

May 28, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (21-0)

senate

May 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8587A

upper

May 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

upper

Nov 19, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO RULES

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors