NY S 836
in committeeEnacts the "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act"
New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did NY S 836 pass?
Not yet. NY S 836 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
What is NY S 836 about?
Prohibits a municipality from relocating migrants from such municipality to another municipality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of both the municipality to which the migrants are to be relocated and the county in which the receiving municipality is located; mandates written notice prior to location; provides for a fine for violations.
Who sponsors NY S 836?
James Tedisco is the primary sponsor of NY S 836, joined by 8 cosponsors.
Description
Prohibits a municipality from relocating migrants from such municipality to another municipality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of both the municipality to which the migrants are to be relocated and the county in which the receiving municipality is located; mandates written notice prior to location; provides for a fine for violations.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- James Tediscoprimary
- George Borrellocosponsor
- Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor
- Pamela Helmingcosponsor
- Mario Matteracosponsor
- Dean Murraycosponsor
- Peter Oberackercosponsor
- Robert Orttcosponsor
- Alexis Weikcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-08
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
referral-committee
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
referral-committee
Versions
- S836Compare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Prior session: S 7615not in this corpus
- Companion bill: A 1759
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 836. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.