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NY S 5695

in committee

Provides the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly the ability to appoint members of the state university of New York's board of trustees

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5695 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5695 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 S 5695 about?

Provides the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly the ability to appoint four members each of the state university of New York's board of trustees; reduces the members of such board the governor appoints to seven.

Who sponsors NY S 5695?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 5695, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly the ability to appoint four members each of the state university of New York's board of trustees; reduces the members of such board the governor appoints to seven.

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

  • James Skoufisprimary
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-28

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8645not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7732

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5695?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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