# New York S 4544: Enacts the "Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act" New York S 4544, Enacts the "Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act", is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brad Hoylman-Sigal (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-10-23 (SIGNED CHAP.480) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S4544-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New York S 4544 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Enacts the "Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act" - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-10-23, SIGNED CHAP.480 - Sponsor: Brad Hoylman-Sigal (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 13 - Subjects: EDUCATION, WAYS AND MEANS - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (229 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Bullying protections for New York nonpublic students: benefit, medium. Effective immediately upon enactment, the law protects students in New York nonpublic elementary and secondary schools from student bullying and harassment. It bans this conduct, including online bullying, on school grounds, school buses, and at school-sponsored activities. Covered conduct includes… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brad Hoylman-Sigal (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Christopher Ryan (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Cordell Cleare (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jamaal Bailey (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Julia Salazar (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Leroy Comrie (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael Gianaris (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Monica Martinez (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Toby Ann Stavisky (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-17 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 141 | 0 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 56 | 3 | | | 2025-06-09 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 19 | 2 | | | 2025-05-20 | committee | Education Committee Vote | pass | 13 | 1 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-10-23: SIGNED CHAP.480 (Senate) - 2025-10-23: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-06-17: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-06-17: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-17: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.862 (House) - 2025-06-17: SUBSTITUTED FOR A5403A (House) - 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House) - 2025-06-12: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-12: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-06-09: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1621 (Senate) - 2025-06-09: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate) - 2025-06-04: PRINT NUMBER 4544B (Senate) - 2025-06-04: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE (Senate) - 2025-05-20: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE (Senate) - 2025-05-14: PRINT NUMBER 4544A (Senate) - 2025-05-14: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION (Senate) - 2025-02-06: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment B, 2025-06-04: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544B) - Amendment A, 2025-05-14: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544A) - Original, 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544) ## Related bills - S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer (signed) - S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors (signed) - A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors (signed) - A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses (signed) - A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending effectiveness (signed) - A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose real estate transfer taxes and to deposit revenue from such taxes into a community… (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544B) - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4544) ## Related - [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025) - [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025) - [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025) - [A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A11443-2025) - [A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10343-2025) - [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025) - [New York bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york/bills) - [New York state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S4544-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).