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NY S 717

in committee

Exempts Wantagh school district from regulations regarding the use of indigenous mascots

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 717 pass?

Not yet. NY S 717 is in committee as of 2026-05-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-05): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

What is NY S 717 about?

Exempts Wantagh union free school district from laws, rules, or regulations regarding the use of indigenous names, mascots, and logos.

Who sponsors NY S 717?

Steve Rhoads is the primary sponsor of NY S 717.

Description

Exempts Wantagh union free school district from laws, rules, or regulations regarding the use of indigenous names, mascots, and logos.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-05 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Steve Rhoadsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-17

    NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

  4. 2026-05-05

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Education Vote

    2026-05-05 · pass · 8-7

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Dan Stec: yes
    • James Tedisco: yes
    • William Weber: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Monica Martinez: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: no
    • Robert Jackson: no
    • John Liu: no
    • Shelley Mayer: no
    • Julia Salazar: no
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: no
    • Sam Sutton: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9022not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4243

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S717?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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