New York S 10107: Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period indicating such material was stolen

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S10107 Summary:

BILL NOS10107A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08192-C

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §233-aa, Ed L

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Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts, including art and artifacts created using metal materials used in the exchange for enslaved human captives, which were stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1870, indicating such information.

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BILL NOS10107A

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04/29/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/29/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

05/29/2026PRINT NUMBER 10107A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10107--A

 IN SENATE

 April 29, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring signage be
 placed alongside cultural materials, including artwork and artifacts
 stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave
 trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak
 between 1700 and 1870, indicating such cultural material was stolen
 and/or made with materials used in the exchange for enslaved human
 captives

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 233-aa of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
 3 16. Every museum which has on display identifiable works of art and
 4 artifacts, including such identifiable works of art and artifacts
 5 created using metal materials used in the exchange for enslaved human
 6 captives, known to have been created before nineteen hundred, that
 7 changed hands due to theft, seizure, confiscation, forced sale or other
 8 involuntary means in Africa or the United States during the transatlan-
 9 tic slave period, through reconstruction (fifteen hundred -- eighteen
 10 hundred seventy-seven) shall, to the extent practicable, prominently
 11 place a placard or other signage acknowledging such information along
 12 with such display.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11850-08-6

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