---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act\""
description: "Prohibits discrimination against and harassment or bullying of students by other students on school property or at a school function; requires schools to investigate reports of bullying; requires schools to adopt a written, plain-language anti-bullying and harassment policy; requires school employees to report incidents of bullying or harassment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4544"
citation: "New York S 4544 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34c8aaad-27dd-4e78-bde3-128cd23f3e9b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4544"
source_hash: "ed6ed77d32c4070ce42e4ddef2421cfff78998262355044c7532e64ae0b1cb89"
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 4544 (2025-2026) — Enacts the "Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act"

Prohibits discrimination against and harassment or bullying of students by other students on school property or at a school function; requires schools to investigate reports of bullying; requires schools to adopt a written, plain-language anti-bullying and harassment policy; requires school employees to report incidents of bullying or harassment.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4544&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4544A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544A)
3. **S4544B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **56–3** (pass) · upper
- Education Vote - Version: A — **13–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Gianaris — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)
- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 4544A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 4544B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1621
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5403A
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.862
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-10-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.480 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34c8aaad-27dd-4e78-bde3-128cd23f3e9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).