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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes a survey regarding instruction on the Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history within the state; establishes an advisory committee"
+description: "Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a survey regarding instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history within the state; establishes an Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history advisory committee; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 7855"
+citation: "New York S 7855 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Liu"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-05-09"
+last_action: "2025-12-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd161c9-0534-4b70-ba4d-8eb8d6be2e30"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7855"
+source_hash: "02ec7a933348c761b733f8025e9e59a06be3e5423812bc9986000681d4c6a0a2"
+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 7855 (2025-2026) — Authorizes a survey regarding instruction on the Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history within the state; establishes an advisory committee
+
+Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a survey regarding instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history within the state; establishes an Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history advisory committee; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S7855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7855&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S7855A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855A)
+3. **S7855B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855B)
+4. **S7855C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855C)
+5. **S7855D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855D)
+6. **S7855E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **126–13** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote - Version: D — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: E — **57–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Liu — primary (person)
+- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-09** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 7855A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 7855B `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** PRINT NUMBER 7855C `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-30** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 7855D `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-04** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1558
+- **2025-06-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7855E `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8463E
+- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.588
+- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.639 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bd161c9-0534-4b70-ba4d-8eb8d6be2e30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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