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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6939: Provides for daily recess for elementary students

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 6939 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for daily recess for elementary students. Primary sponsor: Carrie Woerner (Democratic). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 6939A.

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 each school district to ensure that every public school in which school days exceed five hours in duration provides up to thirty minutes of daily recess within the school day for all students in kindergarten through fifth grade and for students in sixth grade who attend an elementary school.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 4 · Republican/Conservative 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carrie WoernerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Vivian CookCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jarett GandolfoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse7
Steve HawleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse139
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Larinda HooksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse35
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Matt SimpsonCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse114
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Doug SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Kalman YegerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“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. PRINT NUMBER 6939A
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
  3. REFERRED TO EDUCATION
  4. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

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