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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5535: Enacts the "language access expansion act"

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 5535 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "language access expansion act". Primary sponsor: April Baskin (Democratic). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 1, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

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 certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April BaskinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Michael GianarisCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
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 WAYS AND MEANS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.601
  7. REFERRED TO FINANCE
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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