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A 2589 — Waives state's sovereign immunity to liability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and certain other federal acts

Congress · introduced 2025-01-21

Waives the state's sovereign immunity in state and federal courts with regard to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

Latest action: 2026-04-29 — IN_SENATE_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · assembly — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  2. · assembly — REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  3. · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
  4. · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 2589A
  5. · assembly — REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  6. · assembly — REPORTED
  7. · assembly — RULES REPORT CAL.188
  8. · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.188
  9. · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
  10. · assembly — DELIVERED TO SENATE
  11. · senate — REFERRED TO CODES
  12. · senate — DIED IN SENATE
  13. · senate — RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  14. · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.94
  15. · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
  16. · assembly — DELIVERED TO SENATE
  17. · senate — REFERRED TO CODES

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Inbound (18)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-01-21Donna Lupardocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Anna Kellessponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Angelo Santabarbaracosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Phil Steckcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Jo Anne Simoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Jonathan Jacobsoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Steven Otiscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21David Weprincosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21MaryJane Shimskycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Chris Burdickcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Joe Angelinocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Manny De Los Santoscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Karines Reyescosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Maritza Davilacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Demond Meekscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21William Coltoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-21Harvey Epsteincosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Anna Kelles (—, state_lower NY-125)sponsor0—5
2Angelo Santabarbara (—, state_lower NY-111)cosponsor0—1
3Chris Burdick (—, state_lower NY-93)cosponsor0—1
4David Weprin (—, state_lower NY-24)cosponsor0—1
5Demond Meeks (—, state_lower NY-137)cosponsor0—1
6Donna Lupardo (—, state_lower NY-123)cosponsor0—1
7Harvey Epstein (—, state_lower NY-74)cosponsor0—1
8Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52)cosponsor0—1
9Joe Angelino (—, state_lower NY-121)cosponsor0—1
10Jonathan Jacobson (—, state_lower NY-104)cosponsor0—1
11Karines Reyes (—, state_lower NY-87)cosponsor0—1
12Manny De Los Santos (—, state_lower NY-72)cosponsor0—1
13Maritza Davila (—, state_lower NY-53)cosponsor0—1
14MaryJane Shimsky (—, state_lower NY-92)cosponsor0—1
15Phil Steck (—, state_lower NY-110)cosponsor0—1
16Rebecca Seawright (—, state_lower NY-76)cosponsor0—1
17Steven Otis (—, state_lower NY-91)cosponsor0—1
18William Colton (—, state_lower NY-47)cosponsor0—1

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Manny De Los Santos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Joe Angelino (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Demond Meeks (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-01-21 · sponsored by Anna Kelles (sponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Chris Burdick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Phil Steck (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Rebecca Seawright (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Maritza Davila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by David Weprin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Donna Lupardo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Steven Otis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Angelo Santabarbara (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Karines Reyes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Jonathan Jacobson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  17. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by William Colton (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  18. 2025-01-21 · cosponsored by Harvey Epstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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