Assembly Bill A7876

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires colleges and universities to provide students with written information on reporting bias related and hate crimes

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A7876 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6436, Ed L

2025-A7876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires colleges and universities to provide students with written information on reporting bias related and hate crimes, requirements for reporting bias related and hate crimes, and protections available to those who report bias related and hate crimes.

2025-A7876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7876
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. NOVAKHOV, BROOK-KRASNY, NORBER, CHANG -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring colleges and
   universities to provide students with written information on reporting
   bias related and hate crimes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  6436 of the education law, as amended by chapter
 191 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6436. Bias related and hate crime prevention  information.  1.  Each
 college shall inform incoming students about bias related and hate crime
 prevention  measures through programs which may include workshops, semi-
 nars, discussion groups, and film presentations, in order to disseminate
 information about bias related  and  hate  crimes,  promote  discussion,
 encourage  reporting  of  incidents of bias related and hate crimes, and
 facilitate prevention of such incidents. Such information shall include,
 but not be limited to:
   [1.] (A) the applicable laws,  ordinances,  and  regulations  on  bias
 related  crime, including the provisions and coverage of the hate crimes
 act of 2000 codified in article four hundred eighty-five  of  the  penal
 law;
   [2.] (B) the penalties for commission of bias related and hate crimes;
   [3.] (C) the procedures in effect at the college for dealing with bias
 related and hate crimes;
   [4.] (D) the availability of counseling and other support services for
 the victims of bias related and hate crimes;
   [5.]  (E)  the  nature  of  and  common circumstances relating to bias
 related and hate crimes on college campuses; and
   [6.] (F) the methods the college  employs  to  advise  and  to  update
 students about security procedures.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11206-01-5
 A. 7876                             2

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