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NY S 4737

in committee

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies and requires state agencies to maintain records and to submit an annual report on language services

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4737 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4737 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

What is NY S 4737 about?

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies; requires state agencies to maintain records of the primary language spoken by any individual seeking such assistance; requires state agency to submit an annual report on language services.

Who sponsors NY S 4737?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 4737.

Description

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies; requires state agencies to maintain records of the primary language spoken by any individual seeking such assistance; requires state agency to submit an annual report on language services.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-20

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Civil Service And Pensions Vote

    2025-05-20 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Alexis Weik: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8635not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1753not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3015not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3321not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 8238

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4737?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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