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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 282: Relates to providing universal school meals to students

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 282 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to providing universal school meals to students. Primary sponsor: Jessica González-Rojas (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 101 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 all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 57 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 2 · Democratic/Working Families 14 · Republican 10 · Republican/Conservative 10 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 5 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jessica González-RojasPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
George AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Stacey Pheffer AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Khaleel AndersonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse31
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Didi BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse106
Anil BeephanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse105
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Sam BergerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Jake BlumencranzCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse15
Alex BoresCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Robert CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Pat CarrollCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse96
Lester ChangCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Pat ChludzinskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse143
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Vivian CookCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Landon DaisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Michael DursoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Chris EachusCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Simcha EichensteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Jarett GandolfoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse7
Eddie GibbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse68
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Chantel JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Billy JonesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Ron KimCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Micah LasherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse69
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Brian MaherCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse101
Zohran MamdaniCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
John MikulinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Brian MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Marcela MitaynesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse51
Andrew MolitorCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse150
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Phil RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Jon RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149
Gabriella RomeroCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse109
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Nily RozicCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Manny De Los SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Matt SimpsonCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse114
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Doug SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Steve SternCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Chris TagueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Emérita TorresCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Latrice WalkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse55
Mary Beth WalshCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Carrie WoernerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
John ZaccaroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80

“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