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A 1921Provides outpatient insurance coverage for non-pharmacological treatments and non-opioid drugs for chronic pain.New York · last action 2026-01-23IntroducedA 86Prohibits the imposition of any surcharge for the installation or use of a tenant-installed appliance where the tenant pays for electric utility service, under rent control, and rent stabilization laws.New York · last action 2026-01-22IntroducedA 775Establishes a tax exemption for buildings constructed or improved according to bird-friendly design standards.New York · last action 2026-01-22IntroducedA 1876Requires owners of housing accommodations subject to rent registration to file an additional statement at three month intervals, until the unit is occupied.New York · last action 2026-01-22IntroducedA 2571Relates to the practice of professional geology.New York · last action 2026-01-22IntroducedS 366Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Plattsburgh, not to exceed five percent of the per diem rental rate for each room.New York · last action 2026-01-21IntroducedS 849Establishes the USDA construction tax credit for a percentage of the profit on any newly constructed home that is sold to someone qualifying with a USDA mortgage.New York · last action 2026-01-21IntroducedA 1009Relates to certain criminal penalties involving required alcohol and drug rehabilitation for driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs.New York · last action 2026-01-21IntroducedS 1397Authorizes the town of Eden, county of Erie, to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands for the purpose of providing needed resources to the existing parks within such town.New York · last action 2026-01-21Passed first houseA 1515Directs the superintendent of banks to promulgate rules and regulations requiring licensed cashers of checks to file suspicious activity reports.New York · last action 2026-01-21Passed first houseA 1799Prohibits certain financial institutions from charging a fee for periodic paper statements when such statements are required for an application for public assistance.New York · last action 2026-01-21Passed first houseA 792Excludes Medicare premiums from the definition of income for purposes of the senior citizen rent increase exemptions (SCRIE) program and the disability rent increase exemption (DRIE).New York · last action 2026-01-20IntroducedS 1465Requires the implementation of an electronic benefit transfer system using industry-standard commercial electronic funds transfer technology.New York · last action 2026-01-20Passed first houseS 2720Creates a $1,500 wage tax credit for employers who employ New York national guard members, reservists, volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel.New York · last action 2026-01-20IntroducedA 84Relates to increasing short-term disability benefits.New York · last action 2026-01-16IntroducedA 772Authorizes Justin Finkle to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Bethlehem; requires that Justin Finkle be otherwise subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers.New York · last action 2026-01-16IntroducedS 910Establishes a returning veterans tax credit for businesses that hire veterans and disabled veterans; provides that such tax credit is worth $3,000 per veteran hired or $4,000 for every disabled veteran hired and the total benefit shall not exceed $15,000 annually.New York · last action 2026-01-16IntroducedA 656Provides that schools need not provide special instruction to delinquent students whose violent behavior poses an unreasonable risk to teachers and students in special day schools or special school rooms; permits shared services in connection with the establishment of such special schools.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 461Prohibits certain entities from engaging in the business of assisting for hire in securing motor vehicle registrations or, for compensation, giving instructions as to procuring motor vehicle registrations.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 447Requires telecommunications system contracts provide for emergency 911 in municipal land lease agreements.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 502Provides that the principal office of the cannabis control board and office of cannabis management shall be located in Albany county.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 523Directs the department of health to create a prescription drug inventory database that contains a list of all drugs designated as being currently in shortage by the federal food and drug administration's drug shortages database, and a list of pharmacies in the state where each such drug is currently in stock.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 815Relates to ensuring net metering is a compensation floor for residential producers of energy.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 962Relates to establishing a one hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity by two thousand thirty-four; provides such energy system shall include solar, wind, geothermal and tidal sources.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 985Relates to pre-arranged for-hire vehicle transportation services and the maximization of universal design and accessibility by persons with disabilities.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 1081Establishes civil liability for anyone subjecting another person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured by law; establishes that the supreme court shall have jurisdiction over such matters and that the prevailing party shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees as part of the costs; provides that the state waives sovereign immunity for violations of such law.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 1971Increases the tax rate on corporate income.New York · last action 2026-01-15IntroducedA 2253Relates to dispensing certain controlled substances for use by a person with a substance use disorder during certain emergency medical treatment, or to relieve acute withdrawal symptoms.New York · last action 2026-01-13IntroducedS 324Enacts the democracy preservation act; prohibits contributions by foreign-influenced business entities; requires certification.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 265Relates to the availability of opioid reversal agents; requires the department of health to make available any formulation and dosage of opioid reversal agent approved by the federal food and drug administration.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 349Establishes the previously owned zero-emission vehicles rebate program to provide an incentive of an amount up to $2,000 for individuals who purchase used or previously owned zero-emission vehicles.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedS 568Establishes portable polling locations for early voting; provides that a county board of elections may establish one or more portable polling locations.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 617Relates to the term "reportable business relationship" as it relates to certain employees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 590Requires persons the ages of 16 or 17 to wear a helmet when riding a class one or class two bicycle with electric assist.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 606Requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedA 707Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement staff against biological hazards posed by spitting of persons in custody.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedA 715Relates to the general powers and duties of the canal corporation; requires the canal corporation to cause the locks and lift bridges of the canal system to be operated May first through November fifteenth annually; requires the canal corporation to maintain and preserve the Erie Canal's historic resources; permits certain usage of the canal system's state drydocks, travel lifts, and other facilities for commercial boat companies.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedS 1035Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 982Relates to establishing the New York state grid modernization commission; provides the commission shall conduct a study of research, development and demonstrations of electric grid modernization and shall issue such report to the state energy planning board for consideration in the state energy plan.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 867Includes the use of Bluetooth technology in the definition of "following" a person, as it relates to the crime of stalking in the fourth degree.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseS 1036Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to remain, including a second home or a vacation home or a home where a student lives while attending a college or university.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseS 1085Prohibits deceptive practices and the suppression of voters.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 1037Prohibits an employer, licensing agency or employment agency from requesting or requiring that a prospective employee disclose their date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application or during an interview, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedA 1260Relates to alternative forms of identification for renters insurance, including a municipal identification card, or other state or local government-issued identification card, or a notarized copy of the rental lease signed by the property owner, the property management firm and the insured.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 1250Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls during a declared state of emergency or disaster emergency where the declaration or proclamation of emergency includes a finding that unsolicited telemarketing sales calls would impair actions taken to limit, control, or mitigate the emergency; explains the basis of such finding; provides that such prohibition may not extend for a period of more than two weeks, subject to renewal for additional two-week periods by further findings of necessity made at the end of each two-week period.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 1325Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 1656Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants; seals any records pertaining to dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian who were residing on or removed from such property.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedA 1612Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedA 2018Repeals managed long term care provisions for Medicaid recipients; establishes provisions for fully integrated plans for long term care including PACE and MAP plans.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedA 2384Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for treatment of rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile children, by a provider of the patient's choice.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedA 2620Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.New York · last action 2026-01-12Passed first houseA 2685Authorizes a holder of a license to perform limited-scope radiography to practice radiography at urgent care centers under the supervision of a licensed practitioner or licensed registered radiologic technologist; defines limited-scope radiographer as a person licensed to practice radiography limited to chest, extremities, skull/sinus, and spine/sacrum at urgent care centers; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-12IntroducedS 1801Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program; provides such program will be offered to veterans and first responders from New York state; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program fund.New York · last action 2026-01-09IntroducedS 684Authorizes a holder of a license to perform limited-scope radiography to practice radiography at urgent care centers under the supervision of a licensed practitioner or licensed registered radiologic technologist; defines limited-scope radiographer as a person licensed to practice radiography limited to chest, extremities, skull/sinus, and spine/sacrum at urgent care centers; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-08IntroducedS 1431Grants a waiver in the amount of $52,000 to Adirondack Helping Hands for services rendered during the 2016--2017 school year; provides such waiver shall be allocated to costs associated with special class in an integrated setting spending for the 2016--2017 school year.New York · last action 2026-01-08IntroducedA 1647Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.New York · last action 2026-01-08IntroducedS 1538Provides optional disability coverage for county probation officers.New York · last action 2026-01-08IntroducedS 149Relates to 1,4-Dioxane levels; requires the department of health and department of environmental conservation to establish a maximum contaminant level of 0.35 parts per billion for the presence of 1,4-Dioxane in public supplies of potable water, ground water and runoff water from a wastewater treatment plant or water supply treatment plant.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 25Repeals provisions relating to imposition of a highway use tax for the privilege of operating any vehicular unit upon the public highways of the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 58Establishes the crime of making a terroristic threat against a police officer; makes such crime a class C felony.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 32Requires all municipalities that collect demographic information about a person's gender or sex to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 58Permits persons 65 years of age or over to enroll in a limited number of state university and city university courses for credit without tuition.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 59Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty; provides such recognition shall be by means of dedicating a portion of the state highway system, or the placement of a memorial plaque or marker along a state highway.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 74Relates to offenses involving theft of identity; creates five tiers of crimes, based on the financial loss to the victim(s) and the number of people victimized.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 72Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 96Requires the MTA to submit an annual report on all minor and major contract cost overruns; establishes such report shall include a list of all contracts where overruns exceed one million dollars, all contracting firms involved, the winning bid amounts, the actual costs incurred, a description of the project, completion delays, and an analysis of why the contract bid amount was exceeded.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 41Directs the office of mental health to develop materials relating to suicide prevention and identifying signs of depression for school-aged children; authorizes school districts to include suicide prevention in health class curriculum.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 147Requires redaction of unfounded and unsubstantiated allegations in law enforcement disciplinary records.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 142Enacts "Lorraine's Law"; increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole for a violent felony offense shall be determined.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 61Provides that the state shall pay to the city or county operating a facility, including whenever a person confined during proceedings pursuant to article ten of the mental hygiene law has been placed in any county jail or penitentiary, or a city prison operated by a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants, the actual per day per capita cost as certified to the state commissioner of corrections and community supervision by the appropriate local official for the care of such person as approved by the director of the budget.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 170Provides employers with a tax credit in an amount not to exceed 20% of expenses incurred in providing day care services to the children and wards of its employees and in training persons employed by the taxpayer or a third party provider rendering such services; provides that to receive such credit the facility or program rendering day care services must be licensed.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 45Establishes an optional retirement stipend of thirty dollars per month for incarcerated individuals over age sixty-two who have completed at least five years of their sentence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 174Enacts the "commuter rail employee rights protection act".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 21Requires insurance policies to provide coverage for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous or emotional disorders or ailments; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 69Relates to authorizing counties to set interest rates imposed on late payment of property taxes and delinquencies and redemption of property subject to more than one tax lien.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 94Requires high schools in grades nine through twelve to provide a course in financial literacy; requires students to complete such course as a condition of graduation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 146Prohibits courts from ordering an evaluation of a party or child or allowing into evidence a forensic report created by a forensic evaluator on a party or child to assist such court in a child custody or visitation determination.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 71Requires residential real property managers or any firm employing a property manager, contracting with a property manager or contracting to provide a property manager to file a registration statement with the secretary of state and to be certified from an approved certifying organization.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 22Enacts the "child survivor privacy act"; provides protections for child victims and child witnesses; restricts information to the public regarding a child witness or child victim's identity or proceeding; defines child witness; provides that whenever practical, the same prosecutor, advocate, and/or social worker shall handle all aspects of a case involving an alleged child victim.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 35Includes aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree and aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree as specified offenses for purposes of hate crimes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 99Relates to the creation of a public database of projects funded in the state budget.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 30Requires the return of all or a part of the financial assistance provided for a project where the project has material shortfalls or material violations; prevents the use of funds, financial incentives, subsidies or tax exemptions for projects already in development.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 66Authorizes the carrying of service-issued firearms by military personnel at recruiting centers while on duty.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 110Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing or making public moneys pursuant to a memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to such member's election.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 49Requires municipalities to determine whether it is in the public interest to create a comprehensive plan adapted to the special requirements of the municipality and to determine whether it is in the public interest to update such comprehensive plan at least once every ten years to ensure that such plan addresses housing needs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 145Amends Kendra's law, in relation to making the provisions thereof permanent.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 76Regulates political contribution activities by intermediaries; requires disclosure of certain identifying information when certain contributions are made by an intermediary to a candidate or a committee.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 22Prohibits the sale of entertainment vapor products, or any vapor product that has bluetooth, wireless internet, or other internet connectivity, or the ability to play virtual games, play music, or display photos or other animations on the device.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 91Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 105Enacts the "Consumer and Small business Protection Act"; relates to standing for persons affected by prohibited or unlawful business practices; expands prohibited acts to include unfair, deceptive or abusive acts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 60Clarifies methods for the payment of wages; authorizes the payment of wages by use of payroll cards.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 27Requires municipalities to include an Affordable Housing Needs Assessment to establish a data-based foundation for the creation and preservation of affordable housing in the municipality, utilizing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development median income calculations, in their comprehensive plans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 101Requires that where a health care professional or professionals require the completion of an allergy checklist or form by the patient, prior to receiving care by such professional or professionals, the checklist or form shall also inquire about the opioid history of such patient.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 167Provides that the commissioner of labor shall notify the chairperson of the state liquor authority of certain violations of the labor law relating to wages and hours of labor; provides that the chairperson of the state liquor authority shall suspend certain liquor licenses of such employers in violation of such provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 39Authorizes the village of Canton to reduce the speed limit on East Main Street to forty miles per hour.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 93Provides that the tax on cigars and premium cigars shall be at the rate of seventy-five percent of the wholesale price or fifty cents, whichever is less, and is intended to be imposed only once upon the sale of any cigars or premium cigars; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 48Prohibits a distributive share from passing to a person convicted of committing or attempting to commit a sex offense.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 166Relates to claim settlement practices when an insurer refuses to pay or is delaying payment of a settlement; provides a policyholder a private right of action against such insurer doing business in the state who has refused or delayed payment of an insurance claim.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 175Establishes the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation against a police officer or peace officer for knowing the information reported to be false or baseless, such person reports, by word or action, to a law enforcement officer or agency, the wrongdoing by a police officer or peace officer in the performance of such officer's duties; requires the posting of bail.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 50Enacts the New York city arts space act which provides tax benefits for eligible arts spaces.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced
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