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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 2618: Directs the commissioner of education to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds

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 2618 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Directs the commissioner of education to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds. Primary sponsor: Nader Sayegh (Democratic). It lists 29 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO EDUCATION.

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Official summary

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

Directs the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the superintendent of state police and the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services, to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 4 · Republican/Conservative 8 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nader SayeghPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse90
George AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Anil BeephanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse105
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Alec Brook-KrasnyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse46
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Lester ChangCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Vivian CookCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Erik DilanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Charles FallCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Scott GrayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse116
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Sam PirozzoloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse63
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Chris TagueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Jaime WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse59
Stefani ZinermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56

“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. PRINT NUMBER 2618A
  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
  4. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

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