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S 8500 — Establishes the New York civil rights act

Congress · introduced 2025-09-10

Establishes a right of action for the deprivation of constitutional rights; provides for compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and reasonable attorney's fees.

Latest action: 2026-02-09 — IN_SENATE_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
  2. · senate — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES
  3. · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8500A
  4. · senate — REFERRED TO CODES
  5. · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
  6. · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8500B

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Inbound (24)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-09-10John Liucosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Liz Kruegercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Jessica Ramoscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10James Sanders Jr.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Shelley Mayercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Andrew Gounardescosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Michael Gianariscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Michelle Hincheycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Toby Ann Staviskycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Robert Jacksoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Zellnor Myriesponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Brad Hoylman-Sigalcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Brian Kavanaghcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Gustavo Riveracosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Rachel Maycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Cordell Clearecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Kristen Gonzalezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Christopher Ryancosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Julia Salazarcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10José M. Serranocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Patricia Fahycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-09-10Lea Webbcosponsor_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
1Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20)sponsor0—5
2Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26)cosponsor0—1
3Brad Hoylman-Sigal (—, state_upper NY-47)cosponsor0—1
4Brian Kavanagh (—, state_upper NY-27)cosponsor0—1
5Christopher Ryan (—, state_upper NY-50)cosponsor0—1
6Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30)cosponsor0—1
7Gustavo Rivera (—, state_upper NY-33)cosponsor0—1
8James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10)cosponsor0—1
9Jessica Ramos (—, state_upper NY-13)cosponsor0—1
10John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16)cosponsor0—1
11José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29)cosponsor0—1
12Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18)cosponsor0—1
13Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59)cosponsor0—1
14Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52)cosponsor0—1
15Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28)cosponsor0—1
16Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32)cosponsor0—1
17Michael Gianaris (—, state_upper NY-12)cosponsor0—1
18Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41)cosponsor0—1
19Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34)cosponsor0—1
20Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46)cosponsor0—1
21Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48)cosponsor0—1
22Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31)cosponsor0—1
23Shelley Mayer (—, state_upper NY-37)cosponsor0—1
24Toby Ann Stavisky (—, state_upper NY-11)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. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Michael Gianaris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by John Liu (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Patricia Fahy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Brian Kavanagh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Toby Ann Stavisky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by José M. Serrano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Cordell Cleare (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Brad Hoylman-Sigal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Liz Krueger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  17. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Gustavo Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  18. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  19. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Jessica Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  20. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Christopher Ryan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  21. 2025-09-10 · sponsored by Zellnor Myrie (sponsor) · sponsorship
  22. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  23. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by James Sanders Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  24. 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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