---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday"
description: "Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7768"
citation: "New York A 7768 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Colton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-07"
last_action: "2023-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9be2deac-5acc-41bc-b4e7-126d17ba3176"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7768"
source_hash: "a30f98e9d8930f94f4a5674aa92d8217fc86ec2df47328651845282f1ab56468"
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 7768 (2023-2024) — Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday

Declares Asian Lunar New Year a school holiday.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7768&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Colton — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Lavine — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Didi Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Harry B. Bronson — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Helene Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gary Pretlow — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jenifer Rajkumar — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Benedetto — cosponsor (person)
- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Nikki Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Zohran Mamdani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** REPORTED
- **2023-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.804
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.804
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7573
- **2023-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1840
- **2023-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-09** SIGNED CHAP.359 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9be2deac-5acc-41bc-b4e7-126d17ba3176`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).