New York · 2025 Regular Session · Resolution

J 1723: Commemorating the 61st Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma-to-Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which served as a catalyst for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Passed one chamber Last action March 10, 2026: ADOPTED

Plain-language summary

J 1723 is a resolution introduced in the New York Senate on March 10, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Commemorating the 61st Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma-to-Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which served as a catalyst for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Primary sponsor: Andrea Stewart-Cousins (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 61 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 10, 2026): ADOPTED.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Andrea Stewart-Cousins (Democratic/Working Families). 61 co-sponsors.