New York A 6495: Relates to the creation of the Rochester-Finger Lakes craft beverage trail

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A06495 Summary:

BILL NOA06495 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRSeawright, Epstein, Simon, Davila, Glick, Colton

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 2-A §§20 - 24, Ed L

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Enacts the "Tevyan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act"; directs boards of education to create policies, procedures, and guidelines for at-risk children and young teens who have demonstrated suicidal ideation, been victims of harassment or bullying, and/or who have eloped from school property; establishes a commission to evaluate the safety and security of children in primary and secondary public and private schools in this state.

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BILL NOA06495 

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03/05/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6495

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, SIMON, DAVILA,
 GLICK, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "Tevyan
 Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act"

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 2-A to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 2-A
 4 CHILD & YOUNG TEEN MENTAL HEALTH
 5 Section 20. Short title.
 6 21. Definitions.
 7 22. Child and young teen mental health and community safety.
 8 23. Reporting.
 9 24. Commission.
 10 § 20. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the
 11 "Tevyan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act".
 12 § 21. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following
 13 terms shall have the following meanings:
 14 1. "Harassment" and "bullying" shall mean the creation of a hostile
 15 environment by conduct or by threats, intimidation or abuse, including
 16 cyberbullying, that (a) has or would have the effect of unreasonably and
 17 substantially interfering with a student's educational performance,
 18 opportunities or benefits, or mental, emotional or physical well-being;
 19 or (b) reasonably causes or would reasonably be expected to cause a
 20 student to fear for such student's physical safety; or (c) reasonably
 21 causes or would reasonably be expected to cause physical injury or
 22 emotional harm to a student; or (d) occurs off school property and
 23 creates or would foreseeably create a risk of substantial disruption
 24 within the school environment, where it is foreseeable that the conduct,
 25 threats, intimidation or abuse might reach school property. Acts of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03597-02-5

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 1 harassment and bullying shall include, but not be limited to, those acts
 2 based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national
 3 origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual
 4 orientation, gender or sex. For the purposes of this definition the term
 5 "threats, intimidation or abuse" shall include verbal and non-verbal
 6 actions.
 7 2. "Cyberbullying" shall mean harassment or bullying as defined in
 8 subdivision one of this section, including paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and
 9 (d) of such subdivision, where such harassment or bullying occurs
 10 through any form of electronic communication.
 11 3. "School property" shall mean in or within any building, structure,
 12 athletic playing field, playground, parking lot, or land contained with-
 13 in the real property boundary line of a public elementary or secondary
 14 school; or in or on a school bus, as defined in section one hundred
 15 forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law.
 16 4. "Disability" shall mean (a) a physical, mental or medical impair-
 17 ment resulting from anatomical, physiological, genetic or neurological
 18 conditions which prevents the exercise of a normal bodily function or is
 19 demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or