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Home/Bills/S 1938New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillPassed first house

S 1938: Requires the principal of any high school to allow any local trade union, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of trade union recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions by students.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What S 1938 does, verified January 10, 2026

The bill allows high schools to permit trade unions to make a recruitment presentation on school grounds. The principal of the school must agree to the presentation. The presentation can include making presentations, disseminating literature, and answering questions by students. The term "trade union" refers to an organized association of workers in a trade or profession. The bill takes effect on the first day of July after it becomes a law.

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✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Joseph AddabboPatricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickJack MartinsMario MatteraPeter OberackerDaniel StecAlexis WeikRobert JacksonDean MurraySteven Rhoads
Recent actions10 total · showing 5
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Jan. 07, 2026returned to senate
Jan. 07, 2026died in assembly
Jun. 06, 2025referred to education
Jun. 06, 2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 242 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1938 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. WEBER, ADDABBO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, MARTINS, MATTERA, OBERACKER, STEC, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting schools to allow trade unions to make a recruitment presentation in a high school 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 section 807-e 2 to read as follows: 3 § 807-e. Trade union recruitment. The principal of any high school may 4 allow any local trade union, upon request, to enter the school for the 5 purpose of trade union recruitment, including, but not limited to: 6 making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions 7 by students. For the purposes of this section, the term "trade union" 8 shall mean an organized association of workers in a trade, group of 9 trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and 10 interests. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 12 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00455-01-5 
Text of S 1938 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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