Assembly BillIntroduced
A 5131: Abolishes the office of coroner.
What A 5131 does, verified September 10, 2025
The bill proposes to abolish the office of coroner in most counties, excluding Lewis and Madison counties. The board of supervisors can create a local law to abolish the coroner's office and establish a medical examiner's office at least 150 days before a general election. The coroner's terms will expire upon the appointment and qualification of the medical examiner, and no new coroners will be elected after that year. The bill takes effect on January 1 of the year following its enactment.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: enacting clause stricken (2025-09-08)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5131
- What is the current status of A 5131?
- As of September 10, 2025, A 5131 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on September 8, 2025, was "enacting clause stricken".
- Did A 5131 pass?
- Not yet. A 5131 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5131, and where is it now?
- A 5131 was authored by Asm. Billy Jones.
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| Sep. 08, 2025 | enacting clause stricken |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | referred to local governments |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 280 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5131 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to abolishing the office of coroner The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 400 of the county law, as amended 2 by chapter 654 of the laws of 1952, is amended to read as follows: 3 2. Coroners. (a) Each county, excluding Lewis county and Madison coun- 4 ty, shall abolish the office of coroner. 5 (b) At least one hundred fifty days prior to any general election and 6 subject to a permissive referendum, the board of supervisors shall have 7 power by local law to abolish the office of coroner and create the 8 office of medical examiner. 9 (c) The terms of office of all coroners elected or appointed and hold- 10 ing office in the county at the time [such local law becomes effective] 11 such office is abolished shall expire upon the appointment and quali- 12 fication of the medical examiner and at the general election to be held 13 in such year and thereafter no coroners shall be elected in the county. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 15 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07002-01-5
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