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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 9491: Provides eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status

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 9491 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status. Primary sponsor: Roxanne Persaud (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 18, 2026): REFERRED TO FINANCE.

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.

Allows for state agencies, municipalities, and authorities to provide state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roxanne PersaudPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate19

“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 FINANCE

Sources

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