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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6597: Prohibits legacy preference as eligible criteria for admission standards

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 6597 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits legacy preference as eligible criteria for admission standards. Primary sponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 1 additional sponsor. 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.

Prohibits legacy preference as eligible criteria for admission standards.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Robert JacksonPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21

“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