---
type: "Bill"
title: "Moves the Amistad Commission from the department of state to the state education department"
description: "Moves the Amistad Commission from the department of state to the state education department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3161"
citation: "New York S 3161 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/229db29a-c621-4e4d-bc4c-8891add41586"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3161"
source_hash: "f495bad4355a54ce81bd0114596c5a5ac33661003d6b1ee0c98458d0b7b3f295"
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 3161 (2025-2026) — Moves the Amistad Commission from the department of state to the state education department

Moves the Amistad Commission from the department of state to the state education department.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3161)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Vote — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Jackson — primary (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Hinchey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.281
- **2025-02-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-02-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-02-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5468
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.723
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.542 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/229db29a-c621-4e4d-bc4c-8891add41586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).