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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4685: Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 4685 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges. Primary sponsor: Toby Stavisky (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 19, 2025): VETOED MEMO.144.

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 for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges elected by and from among the faculty and staff of the college.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Toby StaviskyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31

“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. VETOED MEMO.144
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.729
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A5979B
  7. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  8. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. REPASSED SENATE
  10. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4685B
  11. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  12. RETURNED TO SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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