New York A 8727: Relates to cemetery desecration; repealer

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A08727 Summary:

BILL NOA08727A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08377-A

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRKay, Shrestha, Shimsky, Gonzalez-Rojas, Romero, Lavine, Meeks, Chandler-Waterman, Alvarez, De Los
 Santos, Sayegh, Hyndman, Dais, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a survey of recess held in public and charter schools serving students in kindergarten through grade six and to provide any information collected to the governor and the legislature.

Go to top A08727 Actions:

BILL NOA08727A

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06/02/2025referred to education

06/09/2025amend and recommit to education

06/09/2025print number 8727a

06/10/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/11/2025reported referred to rules

06/12/2025reported 

06/12/2025rules report cal.691

06/12/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.691

06/13/2025substituted by s8377a

&nbspS08377 AMEND=A MAYER

&nbsp06/06/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/06/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES

&nbsp06/06/2025PRINT NUMBER 8377A

&nbsp06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1790

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/10/2025referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/13/2025substituted for a8727a

&nbsp06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.691

&nbsp06/13/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/13/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.163

Go to topA08727 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/11/2025AYE/NAY:33/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAyeDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliExcused

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/12/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA08727 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08727 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8727--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, KAY -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of education to conduct
 a survey of recess held in schools serving students in kindergarten
 through grade six

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

 1 Section 1. The commissioner of education is directed to conduct a
 2 survey of recess held in public and charter schools serving students
 3 from kindergarten through grade six, which shall include, but not be
 4 limited to:
 5 (a) information pertaining to the number of schools currently offering
 6 recess;
 7 (b) the length of such recess and how often it is provided;
 8 (c) information pertaining to the location of such recess, including
 9 whether such recess is held indoors or outdoors;
 10 (d) if schools provide a dedicated space for such recess;
 11 (e) if the school's recess is supervised or unsupervised;
 12 (f) how many schools have a nurse on premises during the school day in
 13 each school building;
 14 (g) what the barriers are to providing recess; and
 15 (h) if such recess is structured and if students are offered time for
 16 unstructured play.
 17 § 2. On or before March 1, 2026 or 180 days after this section shall
 18 have become a law, whichever is later, the commissioner of education
 19 shall provide the information from the survey to the governor, the
 20 temporary president of the senate, the spea