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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5405: Requires hate crime awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts

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 5405 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires hate crime awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts. Primary sponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO 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.

Requires hate crime awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 5 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pete HarckhamPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Sam SuttonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38

“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 EDUCATION
  2. PRINT NUMBER 5405A
  3. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
  4. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

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