---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions"
description: "Requires separate collection categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups in NYS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 811"
citation: "New York S 811 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8907ecf-7350-4319-95f6-96081b0658c0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S811"
source_hash: "53e76869786c1c88a3037f7998e2976a97e5c0b84ebfae69174cae823b834abd"
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 811 (2025-2026) — Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions

Requires separate collection categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups in NYS.

## Version chain

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

1. **S811** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S811&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **102–47** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.85
- **2025-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-28** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A518
- **2025-02-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.11
- **2025-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.93 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8907ecf-7350-4319-95f6-96081b0658c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).