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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8971: Establishes the New York Italian American Heritage Education Equity 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 8971 is a bill introduced in the New York House on August 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the New York Italian American Heritage Education Equity Act. Primary sponsor: Michael Durso (Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian). It lists 10 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.

Establishes a committee to conduct a survey of instruction on Italian American heritage and issue a report on such survey.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3 · Republican/Conservative 4 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael DursoPrimary sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Alec Brook-KrasnyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse46
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Brian MaherCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse101
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Angelo MorinelloCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse145
Danny NorberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse16
Steve SternCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10

“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. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

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