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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York"
+description: "Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 7769"
+citation: "New York A 7769 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jenifer Rajkumar"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-07"
+last_action: "2023-11-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7fee1b-3563-4550-b40e-f0f571a0175e"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7769"
+source_hash: "fdc0c7c6f6dcecdfb3d133d7ca4617afa46eaa2225df98d10d918f873ae9f4bb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 7769 (2023-2024) — Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York
+
+Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7769&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jenifer Rajkumar — primary (person)
+- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
+- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
+- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
+- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
+- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
+- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Jake Ryan Blumencranz — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
+- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
+- Khaleel Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lester Chang — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert C. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
+- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
+- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-09** REPORTED
+- **2023-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.805
+- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.805
+- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2023-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7574
+- **2023-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1859
+- **2023-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-11-14** SIGNED CHAP.629 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f7fee1b-3563-4550-b40e-f0f571a0175e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+