---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to school anti-violence activities"
description: "Provides funding for school anti-violence education programs through the omnibus school violence prevention grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 4598"
citation: "New York S 4598 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamaal Bailey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2024-11-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6dc96a2-9827-460a-a544-7f4720f2a739"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4598"
source_hash: "5d3847385c792a8a19c51e11812856bc0db6753453ff78a5ec92e31ee6bfa046"
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 4598 (2023-2024) — Relates to school anti-violence activities

Provides funding for school anti-violence education programs through the omnibus school violence prevention grant program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4598&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S4598A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4598A)
3. **S4598B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4598B)
4. **S4598C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4598C)
5. **S4598D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4598D)

## Votes

- Education Vote - Version: B — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: D — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jamaal Bailey — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- James Sanders Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Gianaris — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
- Roxanne J. Persaud — cosponsor (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1482
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** PRINT NUMBER 4598A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 4598B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.1279
- **2024-05-22** AMENDED (T) 4598C
- **2024-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-28** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4598D `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4917D
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.435
- **2024-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-26** SIGNED CHAP.544 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6dc96a2-9827-460a-a544-7f4720f2a739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).