S 2237 — Enacts the "fair college admissions act"
NY 2025 session · introduced 2025-01-16
Enacts the "fair college admissions act"; prohibits legacy admissions policies at colleges and universities in New York; declares such policies and practices to be discriminatory and inequitable.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors (17)
- Andrew Gounardes (—, NY-26) — sponsor · 2025-01-16
- Cordell Cleare (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Leroy Comrie (—, NY-14) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Kristen Gonzalez (—, NY-59) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal (—, NY-47) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- John Liu (—, NY-16) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Zellnor Myrie (—, NY-20) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Jessica Ramos (—, NY-13) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Christopher Ryan (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- James Sanders Jr. (—, NY-10) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, NY-32) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- José M. Serrano (—, NY-29) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
Action timeline (2)
- · senate — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- · senate — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
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Connected on the graph
18 typed relationships in the influence graph — 18 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (16)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Jessica Ramos | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | James Sanders Jr. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Nathalia Fernandez | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | James Skoufis | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Robert Jackson | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Zellnor Myrie | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Brad Hoylman-Sigal | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | John Liu | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Rachel May | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Cordell Cleare | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Kristen Gonzalez | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Christopher Ryan | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Julia Salazar | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Leroy Comrie | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | José M. Serrano | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Luis R. Sepúlveda | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
lobbies on bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY, INC. | — | ny_lobbying |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-16 | ← | Andrew Gounardes | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
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.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brad Hoylman-Sigal (—, state_upper NY-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Christopher Ryan (—, state_upper NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jessica Ramos (—, state_upper NY-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Leroy Comrie (—, state_upper NY-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
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
Timeline
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- 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY, INC. · ny_lobbying
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by James Skoufis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Jessica Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by John Liu (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by José M. Serrano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Brad Hoylman-Sigal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Cordell Cleare (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · sponsored by Andrew Gounardes (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Christopher Ryan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Leroy Comrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by James Sanders Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship