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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5859: Enacts the "assuring college campus and educational safety and support (ACCESS) act" relating to harassment of students and applicants at educational institutions

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 5859 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "assuring college campus and educational safety and support (ACCESS) act" relating to harassment of students and applicants at educational institutions. Primary sponsor: Micah Lasher (Democratic). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Enacts the "assuring college campus and educational safety and support (ACCESS) act" relating to harassment of students and applicants at educational institutions; describes the circumstances under which harassment at educational institutions is an unlawful discriminatory practice; describes the circumstances under which an educational institution is deemed to have permitted harassment; describes additional circumstances under which a college or university is deemed to have permitted harassment.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 15 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Micah LasherPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse69
Sam BergerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Ed BraunsteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Simcha EichensteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Nily RozicCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Steve SternCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
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 GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  2. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Sources

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