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NY S 861

in committee

Establishes the New York college debt repayment program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 861 pass?

Not yet. NY S 861 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY S 861 about?

Establishes the New York college debt repayment program.

Who sponsors NY S 861?

Jamaal Bailey is the primary sponsor of NY S 861, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the New York college debt repayment program.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jamaal Baileyprimary
  • Michelle Hincheycosponsor
  • Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5648not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2186not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3315not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1098not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 10476

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S861?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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