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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 518: Requires the inclusion of cultural competency training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for police, firefighters, correction officers and first responders

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 518 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the inclusion of cultural competency training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for police, firefighters, correction officers and first responders. Primary sponsor: Roxanne Persaud (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 3, 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.

Requires the inclusion of cultural competency training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roxanne PersaudPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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.111
  7. PRINT NUMBER 518C
  8. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
  9. PRINT NUMBER 518B
  10. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
  11. REFERRED TO FINANCE
  12. RETURNED TO SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

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