S5979 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Enacts the "New York slavery era business and state procurement disclosure act"; requires insurers to report insurance policies issued to slaveholders during the slavery era that provided coverage for damage to or death to such slaveholders' slaves; requires contractors seeking to enter into or renew procurement contracts with state agencies to report slavery era financing, investments and profits of slavery.
- Title
- Enacts the "New York slavery era business and state procurement disclosure act"
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Insurance
- Introduced
- 2025-03-04
- Same as
- A7866
- Law section
- Insurance Law
Sponsors
- James Sanders Jr. State Senator, District 10
Heard in committee
- Insurance NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A7866 (2025-26 session) NY State bill