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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8726: Requires schools to follow seizure action plans developed by health care providers of students diagnosed with a seizure disorder

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 8726 is a bill introduced in the New York House on June 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires schools to follow seizure action plans developed by health care providers of students diagnosed with a seizure disorder. Primary sponsor: Chantel Jackson (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 8726A.

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 public schools to follow seizure action plans developed by health care providers of students diagnosed with a seizure disorder; requires schools to provide seizure awareness training to certain employees on the recognition of signs and symptoms of a seizure and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to such symptoms.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 2 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chantel JacksonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Ron KimCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71

“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 8726A
  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