---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the selling or displaying of symbols of hate by municipalities, fire districts, volunteer fire companies, police departments and school districts"
description: "Prohibits the selling or displaying of symbols of hate by municipalities, fire districts, volunteer fire companies, police departments and school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4615"
citation: "New York S 4615 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-11-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9a7e17f-66bb-4790-9dd1-0a7e11afcbc3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4615"
source_hash: "003db2f7d93cd993d1d6682a6eb4b3199104804cfae031d3e47d278ef35f8d66"
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 4615 (2021-2022) — Prohibits the selling or displaying of symbols of hate by municipalities, fire districts, volunteer fire companies, police departments and school districts

Prohibits the selling or displaying of symbols of hate by municipalities, fire districts, volunteer fire companies, police departments and school districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4615&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4615A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4615A)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **56–7** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.561
- **2021-03-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4615A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5402A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.437
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-02** SIGNED CHAP.554 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9a7e17f-66bb-4790-9dd1-0a7e11afcbc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).