---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York"
description: "Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7769"
citation: "New York A 7769 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jenifer Rajkumar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-07"
last_action: "2023-11-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7fee1b-3563-4550-b40e-f0f571a0175e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7769"
source_hash: "fdc0c7c6f6dcecdfb3d133d7ca4617afa46eaa2225df98d10d918f873ae9f4bb"
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 7769 (2023-2024) — Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York

Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7769&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jenifer Rajkumar — primary (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Braunstein — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ryan Blumencranz — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Khaleel Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lester Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Robert C. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — 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.805
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.805
- **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 S7574
- **2023-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1859
- **2023-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-14** SIGNED CHAP.629 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f7fee1b-3563-4550-b40e-f0f571a0175e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).