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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5373: Relates to protecting students, faculty, and staff from immigration enforcement while attending or participating in school activities

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 5373 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to protecting students, faculty, and staff from immigration enforcement while attending or participating in school activities. Primary sponsor: Catalina Cruz (Democratic). It lists 27 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.

Prohibits immigration enforcement in school settings; prohibits all public and charter schools from allowing law enforcement officials inside school property to access a student, except to address an imminent safety situation or if they have an appropriate judicial warrant or judicial order.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 20 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Catalina CruzPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Didi BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse106
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Micah LasherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse69
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Phil RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Jon RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149
Gabriella RomeroCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse109
Manny De Los SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Tommy John SchiavoniCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse1
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Emérita TorresCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Jordan WrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
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. PRINT NUMBER 5373A
  3. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
  4. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

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