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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 266: Relates to a religious exemption from vaccination requirements

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

S 266 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to a religious exemption from vaccination requirements. Primary sponsor: Patrick Gallivan (Republican/Conservative). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

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.

Provides a religious exemption from vaccination requirements for school attendance.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick GallivanPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Tom O'MaraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate58
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jim TediscoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“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 HEALTH
  2. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

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