| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2025 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S25
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 44th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 17th Senate District
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
(R, C) 2nd Senate District
(R, C) 51st Senate District
2025-S25 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §6436-a, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S7761
2025-S25 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S25
SPONSOR: TEDISCO
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to barring a person
convicted of a hate crime from attending any state public school of
higher education
PURPOSE:
Relates to barring a person convicted of a hate crime under Section
485.05 of the New York State Penal Law from attending any state public
school of high education.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
§ 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6436-a to read
as follows:
§ 6436-a. Hate crime conviction. Any person who is convicted of a crime
under section 485.05 of the penal law (hate crimes) by a cour t of
2025-S25 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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25
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, GRIFFO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO,
RHOADS, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to barring a person
convicted of a hate crime from attending any state public school of
higher education
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6436-a
to read as follows:
§ 6436-A. HATE CRIME CONVICTION. ANY PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF A
CRIME UNDER SECTION 485.05 OF THE PENAL LAW (HATE CRIMES) BY A COURT OF
COMPETENT JURISDICTION SHALL BE BARRED FROM ATTENDING ANY COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING EACH SENIOR COLLEGE AND EACH COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. A PERSON WHO IS A CURRENT STUDENT AT THE TIME OF SUCH
CONVICTION SHALL BE EXPELLED FROM THE INSTITUTION IMMEDIATELY UPON
CONVICTION. IF THE CONVICTION IS SUBSEQUENTLY OVERTURNED UPON APPEAL,
SUCH PERSON SHALL BE REINSTATED TO THE INSTITUTION THE PERSON WAS
EXPELLED FROM IN THE STANDING SUCH PERSON HAD PRIOR TO THE CONVICTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to school
years commencing on and after July 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00178-01-5
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