Bill Commons

NY S 9491

in committee

Provides eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9491 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9491 is in committee as of 2026-03-18 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-18): REFERRED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 9491 about?

Allows for state agencies, municipalities, and authorities to provide state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status.

Who sponsors NY S 9491?

Roxanne J. Persaud is the primary sponsor of NY S 9491.

Description

Allows for state agencies, municipalities, and authorities to provide state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-03-18 — REFERRED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Roxanne J. Persaudprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-18

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5167not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 481not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2839not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 176

Official source

Attribution

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

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