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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4944: Prohibits the operation of uncrewed aircraft, including drones, over school grounds or critical infrastructure

Passed one chamber 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 4944 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits the operation of uncrewed aircraft, including drones, over school grounds or critical infrastructure. Primary sponsor: Yudelka Tapia (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 9, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

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.

Prohibits the operation of uncrewed aircraft, including drones, over school grounds or critical infrastructure; provides penalties for violations.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Yudelka TapiaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
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 CODES
  2. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  3. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.133
  5. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  6. DIED IN SENATE
  7. REFERRED TO CODES
  8. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  9. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.216
  11. RULES REPORT CAL.216
  12. REPORTED

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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