Senate Bill S1938

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Permits schools to allow trade unions to make a recruitment presentation in a high school

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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-S1938 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §807-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5675

2025-S1938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the principal of any high school to allow any local trade union, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of trade union recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions by students.

2025-S1938 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1938
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  WEBER,  ADDABBO,  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, MARTINS,
   MATTERA, OBERACKER, STEC, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed,  and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting schools to
   allow trade unions to make a recruitment presentation in a high school

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 807-e
 to read as follows:
   § 807-E. TRADE UNION RECRUITMENT. THE PRINCIPAL OF ANY HIGH SCHOOL MAY
 ALLOW ANY LOCAL TRADE UNION, UPON REQUEST, TO ENTER THE SCHOOL  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  TRADE  UNION  RECRUITMENT,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
 MAKING PRESENTATIONS; DISSEMINATING LITERATURE; AND ANSWERING  QUESTIONS
 BY  STUDENTS.   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "TRADE UNION"
 SHALL MEAN AN ORGANIZED ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS  IN  A  TRADE,  GROUP  OF
 TRADES,  OR  PROFESSION,  FORMED TO PROTECT AND FURTHER THEIR RIGHTS AND
 INTERESTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00455-01-5

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