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S 8968Relates to establishing a veteran suicide mortality review board

Congress · introduced 2026-01-21

Establishes a 13 member veteran suicide mortality review board to serve as the statewide entity responsible for the multidisciplinary review of suicide deaths among veterans by identifying trends and systemic factors contributing to veteran suicide; assessing gaps in services, access to care, and institutional practices; developing evidence-based recommendations for prevention and policy improvement; and promoting collaboration among relevant state, local, and federal agencies.

Latest action: 2026-04-20 SENATE_FLOOR

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · senate REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
  2. · senate 1ST REPORT CAL.225
  3. · senate 2ND REPORT CAL.
  4. · senate ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. · senate AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 8968A

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Inbound (4)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-01-21Patrick M. Gallivancosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.cosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Jessica Scarcella-Spantonsponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Robert Rolisoncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (, state_upper NY-23)sponsor05
2Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (, state_upper NY-15)cosponsor01
3Patrick M. Gallivan (, state_upper NY-60)cosponsor01
4Robert Rolison (, state_upper NY-39)cosponsor01

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.

  1. 2026-01-21 · sponsored by Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (sponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Robert Rolison (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Patrick M. Gallivan (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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