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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5257: Establishes the Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police 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 5257 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act. Primary sponsor: Karl Brabenec (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

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.

Establishes the "Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act" which provides for a withholding of a certain amount of state funding for a defunding municipality.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Karl BrabenecPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98

“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 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
  2. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Sources

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