S 4735 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to protecting students, faculty, and staff from immigration enforcement while attending or participating in school activities

Summary
Prohibits immigration enforcement in school settings; prohibits all public and charter schools from allowing law enforcement officials inside school property to access a student, except to address an imminent safety situation or if they have an appropriate judicial warrant or judicial order.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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What changed between versions

S4735A S4735B · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to broaden the group of people protected from immigration enforcement at schools to include parents and volunteers, and to extend this protection to any property managed by a school district, not just school grounds. Additionally, the education law section was updated to explicitly list various types of school districts (such as common and union free) and clarified the notification requirements for parents when an arrest warrant is presented.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to cover parents, volunteers, and all property managed by a school district, whereas the original version only covered students, teachers, staff, and school grounds.
ELIGIBILITY

Added parents and volunteers to the list of individuals protected from immigration enforcement in schools.

SCOPE

Extended protection to any property managed or operated by a school district, not just school grounds.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the education law to explicitly list common, union free, central, and central high school districts as entities prohibited from allowing immigration enforcement on school property.

Clarified that schools must notify parents unless the court order specifically prohibits such notification.

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4735B
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4735A
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

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