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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 1295: Relates to bystander intervention training

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 1295 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to bystander intervention training. Primary sponsor: Jo Anne Simon (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LABOR.

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.

Includes information about bystander intervention training in the department of labor's model sexual harassment prevention policy that includes information and practical guidance on how to enable bystanders to recognize potentially problematic behaviors and to motivate bystanders to take action when such bystanders observe problematic behaviors.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jo Anne SimonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Didi BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse106
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Michael DursoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Chantel JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76

“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 LABOR
  2. REFERRED TO LABOR

Sources

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