---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes permanent certain provisions relating to citizenship requirements for permanent certification as a teacher"
description: "Makes permanent certain provisions relating to citizenship requirements for permanent certification as a teacher."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4448"
citation: "New York S 4448 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cef51b4-e484-468f-bdbd-6c51558f4158"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4448"
source_hash: "f609631558b850db4ad45c1c6ff953a401b9086f6817acfde3c5214a7012d893"
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 4448 (2019-2020) — Makes permanent certain provisions relating to citizenship requirements for permanent certification as a teacher

Makes permanent certain provisions relating to citizenship requirements for permanent certification as a teacher.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S4448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4448&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-11** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1313
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2100
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.488
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.422 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cef51b4-e484-468f-bdbd-6c51558f4158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).