---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes a survey regarding instruction on the Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history within the state; establishes an advisory committee"
description: "Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a survey regarding instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history within the state; establishes an Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history advisory committee; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7855"
citation: "New York S 7855 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Liu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd161c9-0534-4b70-ba4d-8eb8d6be2e30"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7855"
source_hash: "02ec7a933348c761b733f8025e9e59a06be3e5423812bc9986000681d4c6a0a2"
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 7855 (2025-2026) — Authorizes a survey regarding instruction on the Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history within the state; establishes an advisory committee

Authorizes the commissioner of education to conduct a survey regarding instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history within the state; establishes an Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander history advisory committee; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7855&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S7855A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855A)
3. **S7855B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855B)
4. **S7855C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855C)
5. **S7855D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855D)
6. **S7855E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7855E)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **126–13** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: D — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: E — **57–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Liu — primary (person)
- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 7855A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 7855B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** PRINT NUMBER 7855C `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 7855D `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-04** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1558
- **2025-06-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7855E `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8463E
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.588
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.639 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bd161c9-0534-4b70-ba4d-8eb8d6be2e30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).