Bill Sponsors: NY S02447 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Clarifies the standard for intentional discrimination or retaliation claims by requiring a person or persons prove that an unlawful motivation was a motivating factor and not "the sole motivating factor" or a "but-for cause" of the challenged treatment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S02447 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Shelley Mayer [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-037FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Lea Webb [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-052FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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