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NY A 945

in committee

Enacts Jacobe's Law

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 945 pass?

Not yet. NY A 945 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY A 945 about?

Enacts Jacobe's Law requiring school administrators to contact the parents or guardians of students when bullying or harassment has occurred.

Who sponsors NY A 945?

Mary Beth Walsh is the primary sponsor of NY A 945, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Description

Enacts Jacobe's Law requiring school administrators to contact the parents or guardians of students when bullying or harassment has occurred.

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

Sponsors

  • Mary Beth Walshprimary
  • Philip Palmesanocosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Karl Brabeneccosponsor
  • Mike Reillycosponsor
  • John K. Mikulincosponsor
  • Carrie Woernercosponsor
  • Brian Manktelowcosponsor
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor
  • Doug Smithcosponsor
  • Brian D. Millercosponsor
  • Michael Dursocosponsor
  • Jeff Gallahancosponsor
  • Matthew Simpsoncosponsor
  • Matthew Slatercosponsor
  • Alec Brook-Krasnycosponsor
  • Keith Browncosponsor
  • Lester Changcosponsor
  • Michael Novakhovcosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-20

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN EDUCATION

    failure

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8259not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3027not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2231not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8114not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 10534not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 16

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:

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  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

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