Micah Lasher’s Bills
A5859 · 2025–2026

Enacts the "assuring college campus and educational safety and support (ACCESS) act" relating to harassment of students and applicants at educational institutions

In committee Governmental Operations Committee

Enacts the "assuring college campus and educational safety and support (ACCESS) act" relating to harassment of students and applicants at educational institutions; describes the circumstances under which harassment at educational institutions is an unlawful discriminatory practice; describes the circumstances under which an educational institution is deemed to have permitted harassment; describes additional circumstances under which a college or university is deemed to have permitted harassment.

Official record

Official summary · NYS Open LegislationEnacts the "assuring college campus and educational safety and support (ACCESS) act" relating to harassment of students and applicants at educational institutions; describes the circumstances under which harassment at educational institutions is an unlawful discriminatory practice; describes the circumstances under which an educational institution is deemed to have permitted harassment; describes additional circumstances under which a college or university is deemed to have permitted harassment.

What it does: AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to harassment of students and applicants at certain educational institutions

Legislative history

  1. 2025-02-24Assembly: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  2. 2026-01-07Assembly: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS