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NY S 87

in committee

Requires the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 87 pass?

Not yet. NY S 87 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY S 87 about?

Requires the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers and provide such report to the governor and legislature no later than one year after the effective date of this act.

Who sponsors NY S 87?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 87, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires the department of education to study and report on the self-identified ethnicity and multilingual status of all licensed social workers and provide such report to the governor and legislature no later than one year after the effective date of this act.

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

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary
  • Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8482not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1771not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 626not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 462not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S87?summary=&detail=

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