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NY S 9766

passed one chamber

Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing required disclosure of prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9766 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9766 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other as of 2026-06-01. Latest recorded action (2026-06-01): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 9766 about?

Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing the character fitness questionnaire from inquiring into an applicant's prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system under certain circumstances.

Who sponsors NY S 9766?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 9766.

Description

Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing the character fitness questionnaire from inquiring into an applicant's prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system under certain circumstances.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-01 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-06

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-21

    1ST REPORT CAL.752

  3. 2026-04-22

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-04-27

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-06-01

    PASSED SENATE

    passage

  6. 2026-06-01

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. 2026-06-01

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Judiciary Vote

    2026-04-21 · pass · 13-6

    Member-level votes (19)
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: no
    • Andrew J. Lanza: no
    • Jack M. Martins: no
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: no
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: no
    • Steve Rhoads: no

  • Floor Vote

    2026-06-01 · pass · 35-25

    Member-level votes (63)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • April Baskin: yes
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Jabari Brisport: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Michael Gianaris: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Liz Krueger: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
    • Lea Webb: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes
    • Jake Ashby: no
    • George Borrello: no
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: no
    • Stephen T. Chan: no
    • Patrick M. Gallivan: no
    • Joseph A. Griffo: no
    • Pamela Helming: no
    • Andrew J. Lanza: no
    • Monica Martinez: no
    • Jack M. Martins: no
    • Mario Mattera: no
    • Dean Murray: no
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: no
    • Peter Oberacker: no
    • Robert Ortt: no
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: no
    • Steve Rhoads: no
    • Robert Rolison: no
    • Christopher Ryan: no
    • James Skoufis: no
    • Dan Stec: no
    • James Tedisco: no
    • Mark Walczyk: no
    • William Weber: no
    • Alexis Weik: no
    • Jeremy Cooney: excused
    • Sam Sutton: excused
    • Kevin S. Parker: absent

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9292not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1646not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3036not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 3234

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9766?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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