A 8192: 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.
The bill requires museums in New York State to prominently display signage acknowledging the cultural materials, including artworks and artifacts, that were stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period. These materials include those that changed hands in Africa, the United States, or elsewhere during these periods through theft, seizure, confiscation, forced sale, or other involuntary means. The signage should indicate that the materials were stolen and/or made with materials exchanged for enslaved human captives sold into the transatlantic slave trade or the domestic slave trade. This requirement applies to museums with sixteenth through nineteenth century cultural materials, including artworks and artifacts, that meet these specific criteria.
- What is the current status of A 8192?
- As of June 9, 2026, A 8192 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on June 4, 2026, was "REFERRED TO RULES".
- Did A 8192 pass?
- Not yet. A 8192 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote A 8192, and where is it now?
- A 8192 was authored by Asm. Nikki Lucas with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Rules.
| Jun. 04, 2026 | REFERRED TO RULES |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | delivered to senate |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | passed assembly |
| Jun. 02, 2026 | ordered to third reading rules cal.347 |
| Jun. 02, 2026 | rules report cal.347 |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8192 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUCAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring signage be placed alongside art stolen during the Transatlantic Slave period between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1850, indicating such art was stolen 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 sixteenth through nineteenth 4 century art and which changed hands due to theft, seizure, confiscation, 5 forced sale or other involuntary means in Africa during the Transatlan- 6 tic Slave period shall, to the extent practicable, prominently place a 7 placard or other signage acknowledging such information along with such 8 display. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11850-01-5