republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/s-4544.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2025-2026	S 4544	New York S 4544 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Brad Hoylman-Sigal	3	17	4	2025-02-06	2025-10-23	openstates	ocd-bill/34c8aaad-27dd-4e78-bde3-128cd23f3e9b	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4544	ed6ed77d32c4070ce42e4ddef2421cfff78998262355044c7532e64ae0b1cb89	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. S4544A (committee substitute) — source
3. S4544B (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/34c8aaad-27dd-4e78-bde3-128cd23f3e9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).