A 7496 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the healthy and safe students act

Summary

Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

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Governor

Introduced Mar 28, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A7496 → A7496A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add Senator Valdez as a sponsor and to significantly expand the definition of comprehensive sexuality education. The changes mandate that the curriculum must be inclusive of all students regardless of race, disability, or sexual orientation, and explicitly require instruction on specific topics such as gender identity, gender expression, and the harms of gender stereotypes.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly require curriculum content addressing gender identity, gender expression, and diversity of sex characteristics, broadening the educational requirements beyond the previous version.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for the curriculum to be respectful and inclusive of all students regardless of race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, or gender.

Added specific mandatory instruction topics including gender, gender expression, gender identity, diversity of sex characteristics, and the harms of gender stereotypes.

Added a new list of required instruction areas covering human anatomy, consent, healthy relationships, pregnancy prevention, substance use, and social media use.

TECHNICAL

Added Senator Valdez to the list of bill sponsors.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 7496A

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

1 primary · 55 co-sponsors