republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-5151.md

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Bill	Prohibits schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees	Prohibits schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 5151	New York S 5151 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	MAY	2	14	3	2021-02-25	2021-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/8c32d269-5f53-46a2-8cc9-54c5a9ed2077	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5151	2d975ca3809d4a3ebf82a1e242280437a342f3e247fc976eb01a9e858240a4eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 5151 (2021-2022) — Prohibits schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees

Prohibits schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees.

Version chain

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

1. S5151 (committee substitute) — source
2. S5151A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: A — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 118–30 (pass) · lower
• Rules Vote - Version: A — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• MAY — primary (person)
• GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-25 REFERRED TO EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 PRINT NUMBER 5151A amendment-passage
• 2021-05-26 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-05-26 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1344
• 2021-06-03 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-03 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-06-03 REFERRED TO EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 SUBSTITUTED FOR A6527A
• 2021-06-09 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.215
• 2021-06-09 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-06-09 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2021-07-21 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-07-29 SIGNED CHAP.315 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c32d269-5f53-46a2-8cc9-54c5a9ed2077. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).