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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 2602: Establishes the office of Native American affairs

Passed one chamber 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

S 2602 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the office of Native American affairs. Primary sponsor: Joe Addabbo (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 18, 2026): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

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 the office of Native American affairs to act as a centralized office for Native American nations to access information on state programs that are provided to Native Americans.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe AddabboPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Rob OrttCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate62
Dan StecCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate45

“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. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.1048
  7. REFERRED TO FINANCE
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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