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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3076: Enacts the "higher education closure advanced notice 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

S 3076 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "higher education closure advanced notice act". Primary sponsor: Pat Fahy (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HIGHER 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.

Enacts the "higher education closure advanced notice act"; requires an institution of higher education to provide notice of an order of closure that can be reasonably expected to cause an interruption in the continuity of a program of higher education for affected students at least ninety days before such order of closure takes effect; provides exceptions where an institution of higher education is not required to provide notice of such an order of closure at least ninety days before such order of closure takes effect; provides for a civil penalty for violations.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pat FahyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate46

“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 HIGHER EDUCATION
  2. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Sources

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