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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 2139: Enacts the "Honoring Our Pledge to Eliminate Antisemitism (HOPE) act"

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 2139 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "Honoring Our Pledge to Eliminate Antisemitism (HOPE) act". Primary sponsor: Sam Berger (Democratic). It lists 26 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

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Official summary

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

Requires state agencies and courts to take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition and contemporary examples of antisemitism when reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has been a violation of any non-criminal or criminal law, rule, or policy prohibiting discriminatory acts.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 22 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sam BergerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Stacey Pheffer AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Ed BraunsteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Simcha EichensteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Ron KimCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Amy PaulinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Nily RozicCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Steve SternCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Aron WiederCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse97
Carrie WoernerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Kalman YegerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“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 CODES
  2. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  3. REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
  4. PRINT NUMBER 2139A
  5. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  6. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Sources

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