New York · 2025 Regular Session · Resolution

J 489: Commemorating the 60th 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 11, 2025: ADOPTED

Plain-language summary

J 489 is a resolution introduced in the New York Senate on March 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Commemorating the 60th 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 62 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2025): ADOPTED.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Andrea Stewart-Cousins (Democratic/Working Families). 62 co-sponsors.