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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enacts the \"Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act\""
+description: "Prohibits discrimination against and harassment or bullying of students by other students on school property or at a school function; requires schools to investigate reports of bullying; requires schools to adopt a written, plain-language anti-bullying and harassment policy; requires school employees to report incidents of bullying or harassment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 4544"
+citation: "New York S 4544 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-06"
+last_action: "2025-10-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34c8aaad-27dd-4e78-bde3-128cd23f3e9b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4544"
+source_hash: "ed6ed77d32c4070ce42e4ddef2421cfff78998262355044c7532e64ae0b1cb89"
+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 S 4544 (2025-2026) — Enacts the "Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act"
+
+Prohibits discrimination against and harassment or bullying of students by other students on school property or at a school function; requires schools to investigate reports of bullying; requires schools to adopt a written, plain-language anti-bullying and harassment policy; requires school employees to report incidents of bullying or harassment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S4544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4544&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S4544A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544A)
+3. **S4544B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–2** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **56–3** (pass) · upper
+- Education Vote - Version: A — **13–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
+- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
+- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
+- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Gianaris — cosponsor (person)
+- Monica Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)
+- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-06** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 4544A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 4544B `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1621
+- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5403A
+- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.862
+- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-10-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.480 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34c8aaad-27dd-4e78-bde3-128cd23f3e9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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