| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 |
print number 10107a |
| May 29, 2026 |
amend and recommit to education |
| Apr 29, 2026 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S10107A
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 52nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2025-S10107 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8192
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §233-aa, Ed L
2025-S10107 - Summary
Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts, including art and artifacts created using metal materials used in the exchange for enslaved human captives, which were stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1870, indicating such information.
2025-S10107 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S10107
SPONSOR: WEBB
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring signage be
placed alongside cultural materials, including artwork and artifacts
stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave
trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between
1700 and 1870, indicating such cultural material was stolen
PURPOSE:
To require that signage be placed alongside artwork that was stolen
during the Transatlantic Slave Trade period or the Domestic Slave Trade
period, or that is composed in whole or in part of materials such as
metals or other goods used in exchange for human captives sold into the
Transatlantic Slave Trade.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends 233-aa of the Education Law to add a new
2025-S10107 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
10107
I N S E N A T E
April 29, 2026
___________
Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring signage be
placed alongside cultural materials, including artwork and artifacts
stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave
trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak
between 1700 and 1870, indicating such cultural material was stolen
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 233-aa of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
16. EVERY MUSEUM WHICH HAS ON DISPLAY SIXTEENTH THROUGH NINETEENTH
CENTURY CULTURAL MATERIALS, INCLUDING ARTWORKS AND ARTIFACTS THAT
CHANGED HANDS IN AFRICA, THE UNITED STATES, OR ELSEWHERE DURING THE
TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE PERIOD OR DURING THE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE PERIOD,
THROUGH THEFT, SEIZURE, CONFISCATION, FORCED SALE, OR OTHER INVOLUNTARY
MEANS AND/OR WHICH IS COMPOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF METAL OR OTHER
MATERIAL EXCHANGED FOR ENSLAVED HUMAN CAPTIVES, INDICATING SUCH ARTI-
FACTS WERE STOLEN AND/OR MADE WITH MATERIALS EXCHANGED FOR ENSLAVED
CAPTIVES SOLD INTO THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE OR THE DOMESTIC SLAVE
TRADE, SHALL, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, PROMINENTLY DISPLAY A PLACARD
OR OTHER SIGNAGE ACKNOWLEDGING SUCH PROVENANCE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2025-S10107A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8192
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §233-aa, Ed L
2025-S10107A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts, including art and artifacts created using metal materials used in the exchange for enslaved human captives, which were stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1870, indicating such information.
2025-S10107A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S10107A
SPONSOR: WEBB
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring signage be
placed alongside cultural materials, including artwork and artifacts
stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave
trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between
1700 and 1870, indicating such cultural material was stolen and/or made
with materials used in the exchange for enslaved human captives
PURPOSE:
To require that signage be placed alongside artwork that was stolen
during the Transatlantic Slave Trade Period or the Domestic Slave Trade
Period, or that is composed in whole or in part of materials such as
metals or other goods used in exchange for human captives sold into the
Transatlantic Slave Trade.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
2025-S10107A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
10107--A
I N S E N A T E
April 29, 2026
___________
Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring signage be
placed alongside cultural materials, including artwork and artifacts
stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave
trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak
between 1700 and 1870, indicating such cultural material was stolen
and/or made with materials used in the exchange for enslaved human
captives
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 233-aa of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
16. EVERY MUSEUM WHICH HAS ON DISPLAY IDENTIFIABLE WORKS OF ART AND
ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING SUCH IDENTIFIABLE WORKS OF ART AND ARTIFACTS
CREATED USING METAL MATERIALS USED IN THE EXCHANGE FOR ENSLAVED HUMAN
CAPTIVES, KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN CREATED BEFORE NINETEEN HUNDRED, THAT
CHANGED HANDS DUE TO THEFT, SEIZURE, CONFISCATION, FORCED SALE OR OTHER
INVOLUNTARY MEANS IN AFRICA OR THE UNITED STATES DURING THE TRANSATLAN-
TIC SLAVE PERIOD, THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION (FIFTEEN HUNDRED -- EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN) SHALL, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, PROMINENTLY
PLACE A PLACARD OR OTHER SIGNAGE ACKNOWLEDGING SUCH INFORMATION ALONG
WITH SUCH DISPLAY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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