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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions"
+description: "Requires separate collection categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups in NYS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 811"
+citation: "New York S 811 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-02-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8907ecf-7350-4319-95f6-96081b0658c0"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S811"
+source_hash: "53e76869786c1c88a3037f7998e2976a97e5c0b84ebfae69174cae823b834abd"
+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 811 (2025-2026) — Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions
+
+Requires separate collection categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups in NYS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S811** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S811&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **102–47** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.85
+- **2025-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-01-28** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A518
+- **2025-02-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.11
+- **2025-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-02-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.93 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8907ecf-7350-4319-95f6-96081b0658c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+