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NY A 285

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Relates to observance of all religious holidays by institutions within the state university and the city university of New York, and includes the Asian Lunar New Year within the definition of such holidays

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 285 pass?

Not yet. NY A 285 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 A 285 about?

Relates to observance of all religious holidays by institutions within the state university and the city university of New York; includes the Asian Lunar New Year within the definition of such holidays.

Who sponsors NY A 285?

David Weprin is the primary sponsor of NY A 285, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to observance of all religious holidays by institutions within the state university and the city university of New York; includes the Asian Lunar New Year within the definition of such holidays.

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

  • David Weprinprimary
  • William Coltoncosponsor

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: A 2663not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6947not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4930not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4281not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4249not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 468not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 553

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A285?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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