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NY A08192

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Nikki Lucas

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires New York museums displaying 16th through 19th century art that was stolen, seized, confiscated, forcibly sold, or otherwise involuntarily taken from Africa during the Transatlantic Slave period to place prominent signage acknowledging this information

  • Applies specifically to art that changed hands through involuntary means in Africa during the slave trade era

  • Museums must display placards or other signage alongside affected artworks "to the extent practicable"

  • Amends Education Law section 233-aa by adding a new subdivision 16

  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Requires signage be placed alongside art stolen during the Transatlantic Slave period between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1870, indicating such art was stolen.

Last Action

print number 8192a

2/23/2026

Committee Referrals

Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports5/5/2025

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