S10107 • 2025

Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period indicating such material was stolen

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Lea Webb
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period indicating such material was stolen

Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period indicating such material was stolen Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts, including art and artifacts created using metal materials used in the exchange for enslaved human captives, which were stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1870, indicating such information.

What This Bill Does

Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period indicating such material was stolen Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts, including art and artifacts created using metal materials used in the exchange for enslaved human captives, which were stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1870, indicating such information.

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Bill History

2026-05-29 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
2026-05-29 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 10107A
2026-04-29 Senate
REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Official Summary Text

Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period indicating such material was stolen
Requires signage be placed alongside art and artifacts, including art and artifacts created using metal materials used in the exchange for enslaved human captives, which were stolen during the transatlantic slave period and the domestic slave trade period, between the 16th and 19th centuries, with its peak between 1700 and 1870, indicating such information.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10107

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 29, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  signage  be
          placed  alongside  cultural materials, including artwork and artifacts
          stolen during the transatlantic slave period and  the  domestic  slave
          trade  period,  between  the  16th  and  19th centuries, with its peak
          between 1700 and 1870, indicating such cultural material was stolen

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1. Section 233-aa of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
     3    16. EVERY MUSEUM WHICH HAS ON  DISPLAY  SIXTEENTH  THROUGH  NINETEENTH
     4  CENTURY  CULTURAL  MATERIALS,  INCLUDING  ARTWORKS  AND  ARTIFACTS  THAT
     5  CHANGED HANDS IN AFRICA, THE UNITED  STATES,  OR  ELSEWHERE  DURING  THE
     6  TRANSATLANTIC  SLAVE  PERIOD  OR DURING THE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE PERIOD,
     7  THROUGH THEFT, SEIZURE, CONFISCATION, FORCED SALE, OR OTHER  INVOLUNTARY
     8  MEANS  AND/OR  WHICH  IS  COMPOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF METAL OR OTHER
     9  MATERIAL EXCHANGED FOR ENSLAVED HUMAN CAPTIVES,  INDICATING  SUCH  ARTI-
    10  FACTS  WERE  STOLEN  AND/OR  MADE  WITH MATERIALS EXCHANGED FOR ENSLAVED
    11  CAPTIVES SOLD INTO THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE OR THE  DOMESTIC  SLAVE
    12  TRADE,  SHALL,  TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, PROMINENTLY DISPLAY A PLACARD
    13  OR OTHER SIGNAGE ACKNOWLEDGING SUCH PROVENANCE.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11850-04-6