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NY S 4197

in committee

Relates to the ethical duty of public officers not to engage in or permit behavior which violates the human rights law

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4197 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4197 is in committee as of 2026-05-19 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-19): PRINT NUMBER 4197A

What is NY S 4197 about?

Relates to the ethical standards of officers or employees of a state agency, members of the legislature and legislative employees with regard to engaging in acts of discrimination, sexual harassment or creating a hostile workplace.

Who sponsors NY S 4197?

Andrew Gounardes is the primary sponsor of NY S 4197, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to the ethical standards of officers or employees of a state agency, members of the legislature and legislative employees with regard to engaging in acts of discrimination, sexual harassment or creating a hostile workplace.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-19 — PRINT NUMBER 4197A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Andrew Gounardesprimary
  • Liz Kruegercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-19

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-05-19

    PRINT NUMBER 4197A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8421not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7137not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6201

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4197?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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