---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state"
description: "Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal civil rights act of 1964; requires the division of human rights to develop training for students and employees; requires the Title VI coordinator to notify annually all students and employees of the institution's policies and procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 5448"
citation: "New York A 5448 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nily Rozic"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f25795b-276d-41d5-815f-f7e52c27e1a6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5448"
source_hash: "5f1597f206de0d6e9a14f9a912263f370a9799afdce6cfd38d266b6a7658c968"
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 A 5448 (2025-2026) — Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state

Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal civil rights act of 1964; requires the division of human rights to develop training for students and employees; requires the Title VI coordinator to notify annually all students and employees of the institution's policies and procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5448&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A5448A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A5448A)
3. **A5448B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A5448B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nily Rozic — primary (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Aron Wieder — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Norber — cosponsor (person)
- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Brown — cosponsor (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Kwani O'Pharrow — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Micah Lasher — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Novakhov — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Simcha Eichenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** PRINT NUMBER 5448A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** PRINT NUMBER 5448B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.220
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.220
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4559B
- **2025-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.456
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-08-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-26** SIGNED CHAP.354 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f25795b-276d-41d5-815f-f7e52c27e1a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).