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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 1106: Requires instruction on civic education for grades 5 through 12

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 1106 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires instruction on civic education for grades 5 through 12. Primary sponsor: Jo Anne Simon (Democratic). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO EDUCATION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires instruction in civic education for grades 5 through 12 including instruction on the NYS constitution; federal, state and local government; civic literacy; methods of public participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican 2 · Republican/Conservative 2 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jo Anne SimonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Alex BoresCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Bill MagnarelliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Chris TagueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102
Carrie WoernerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO EDUCATION
  2. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source