2025-2026 Regular Session • New York Legislature
A08064
Legislative Summary
Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.
Bill History
4/22/2025
referred to education
Assembly
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(4/22/2025)
Chamber
Assembly
Committee
Education(Assembly)
Sponsors
Democrat: 35
Republican: 20
Primary Sponsor

Donna Lupardo
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (54)
Albert Stirpe
Democrat
Deborah Glick
Democrat
Nily Rozic
Democrat
Amy Paulin
Democrat
William Magnarelli
Democrat
Charles Lavine
Democrat
Steven Otis
Democrat
Sarah Clark
Democrat
Linda Rosenthal
Democrat
Jo Simon
Democrat
John McDonald
Democrat
William Colton
Democrat
Andrew Hevesi
Democrat
Harvey Epstein
Democrat
Phara Souffrant Forrest
Democrat
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Democrat
Pamela Hunter
Democrat
Dana Levenberg
Democrat
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Democrat
Marcela Mitaynes
Democrat
Steven Raga
Democrat
Karines Reyes
Democrat
Rebecca Seawright
Democrat
Amanda Septimo
Democrat
Maryjane Shimsky
Democrat
Sarahana Shrestha
Democrat
Tony Simone
Democrat
Phillip Steck
Democrat
Alfred Taylor
Democrat
Jennifer Lunsford
Democrat
Joseph Angelino
Republican
Anil Beephan
Republican
Alec Brook-Krasny
Democrat
Joseph DeStefano
Republican
David DiPietro
Republican
Michael Durso
Republican
Jeff Gallahan
Republican
Jarett Gandolfo
Republican
Stephen Hawley
Republican
John Mikulin
Republican
Brian Miller
Republican
Michael Novakhov
Republican
Philip Palmesano
Republican
Samuel Pirozzolo
Republican
Edward Ra
Republican
Joe Sempolinski
Republican
Mary Walsh
Republican
David McDonough
Republican
Kenneth Blankenbush
Republican
Karen McMahon
Democrat
Daniel Norber
Republican
Vivian Cook
Democrat
Jodi Giglio
Republican
Philip Ramos
Democrat