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NY A 4992

in committee

Clarifies the standard for when a practice has a discriminatory effect

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4992 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4992 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 4992 about?

Clarifies the standard for intentional discrimination or retaliation claims by requiring a person or persons prove that an unlawful motivation was a motivating factor and not "the sole motivating factor" or a "but-for cause" of the challenged treatment.

Who sponsors NY A 4992?

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is the primary sponsor of NY A 4992, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Clarifies the standard for intentional discrimination or retaliation claims by requiring a person or persons prove that an unlawful motivation was a motivating factor and not "the sole motivating factor" or a "but-for cause" of the challenged treatment.

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

  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelynprimary
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • MaryJane Shimskycosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-21

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-21

    PRINT NUMBER 4992A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2025-05-29

    AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 4992

  5. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8274not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1396not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 2447

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4992?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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