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NY S 722

in committee

Prohibits funding for certain SUNY, CUNY or community colleges or organizations on such campuses which, directly or indirectly, permit terrorist organizations

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 722 pass?

Not yet. NY S 722 is in committee as of 2026-05-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-05): DEFEATED IN HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY S 722 about?

Prohibits funding for SUNY, CUNY or community colleges which, directly or indirectly, permit terrorist organizations on campus; provides that the state university trustees adopt rules and regulations that any student group or student organization that receives funding from the state university of New York that directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, advocates, or permits any terrorist advocacy or activities on campuses, shall be ineligible for funding, including funding from student activity fee proceeds.

Who sponsors NY S 722?

Steve Rhoads is the primary sponsor of NY S 722, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits funding for SUNY, CUNY or community colleges which, directly or indirectly, permit terrorist organizations on campus; provides that the state university trustees adopt rules and regulations that any student group or student organization that receives funding from the state university of New York that directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, advocates, or permits any terrorist advocacy or activities on campuses, shall be ineligible for funding, including funding from student activity fee proceeds.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-05 — DEFEATED IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Steve Rhoadsprimary
  • George Borrellocosponsor
  • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrickcosponsor
  • Stephen T. Chancosponsor
  • Jack M. Martinscosponsor
  • Mario Matteracosponsor
  • Dean Murraycosponsor
  • Peter Oberackercosponsor
  • Robert Orttcosponsor
  • Anthony H. Palumbocosponsor
  • Robert Rolisoncosponsor
  • William Webercosponsor
  • Alexis Weikcosponsor

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

  3. 2026-03-17

    NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

  4. 2026-05-05

    DEFEATED IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Higher Education Vote

    2026-05-05 · fail · 3-8

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Joseph A. Griffo: yes
    • Dean Murray: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: no
    • Andrew Gounardes: no
    • Robert Jackson: no
    • John Liu: no
    • Rachel May: no
    • Gustavo Rivera: no
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: no
    • Lea Webb: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8225not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S722?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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