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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4875: Enacts the "language access expansion 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 4875 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "language access expansion act". Primary sponsor: Manny De Los Santos (Democratic). It lists 53 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

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 certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 37 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 13 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Manny De Los SantosPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse72
George AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Khaleel AndersonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse31
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Robert CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Lester ChangCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Eddie GibbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse68
Jodi GiglioCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse2
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Ron KimCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Marcela MitaynesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse51
Diana MorenoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse36
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Phil RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Jon RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Nily RozicCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Amanda SeptimoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse84
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Emérita TorresCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Claire ValdezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse37
Latrice WalkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse55
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
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 WAYS AND MEANS
  2. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  3. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Sources

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