S 4466 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to protecting the display of religious items on dwellings

Summary

Prohibits a property owner from enforcing or adopting a restriction that prohibits one or more religious items from being displayed or affixed on any entry door or entry doorframe of a dwelling.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2026

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What changed between versions

S4466 → S4466A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to expand the group of sponsors and add a committee recommitment step, while significantly rewriting the core text to broaden protections for religious items on dwellings. The changes remove specific size limits and replace them with a general prohibition on unreasonable sizes, and they update the definitions of key terms to cover a wider range of housing types and residents.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include more housing types (such as rental units and cooperatives) and more residents (including tenants and subtenants) under the protection of the new law.

ELIGIBILITY

The list of bill sponsors was expanded from a single senator to six senators, and the legislative process now includes a recommitment to the Committee on Codes.

REQUIREMENT

The specific size limit for religious items (36 by 12 square inches) was removed and replaced with a general standard prohibiting items that are 'unreasonable or obtrusive' in size.

DEFINITION

New definitions were added for 'Dwelling', 'Owner', 'Controlling entity', and 'Resident' to explicitly include rental units, condominiums, cooperatives, and tenants, broadening who is covered by the law.

ENFORCEMENT

The list of exceptions where restrictions can still be enforced was updated to include 'code, rule or regulation' alongside public health, safety, and legal violations.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025

How they voted

59–1

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 63

Apr 9, 2025

D Democratic41

38 Yea 3

92% Yea

R Republican22

21 Yea 1 Nay

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 3, 2026

Committee

COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

Apr 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4466A

upper

Apr 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

upper

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors