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25,446 bills · Page 155 of 255 · New York 2025–2026 Legislative Session · updated October 28, 2026
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A 4765Establishes the "New York's Own combat veterans healthcare choice program act" to establish tax free savings accounts to pay the healthcare costs of combat veterans on active duty during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, until covered by the federal government; directs the division of military and naval affairs to establish a registry of Afghanistan and Iraq veterans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4853Authorizes imposition of life imprisonment without parole sentence for persistent violent felony offenders upon conviction of a violent felony offense when such person has previously been subjected to two or more predicate violent felony convictions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4833Disallows an application for a charter school to be approved if a state monitor or fiscal monitor is not operating in such school district.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4848Authorizes distinctive license plates for female veterans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4813Prohibits state funding of any degree-granting institution of higher education if such institution permits terrorist organizations or activities in support of such organizations on campus; prohibits any student group or organization of receiving funding from the degree-granting institution if such group or organization directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, advocates, or engages in any terrorist advocacy or activities on campus.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4844Enacts the health care worker peer support program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4851Directs the department of civil service to conduct a study on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) employment in the public sector workforce including the current levels of employment and how to increase participation in the state and local public sector workforce.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4815Requires certain data in reports by the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance for the "COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021"; requires the inclusion of the breakdown of applications for each zip code including the total number of approved applications; the total number of denied applications; the total number of incomplete applications; and the total number of applications that are awaiting processing or are pending in such report; provides for application information that may be tracked.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4811Establishes a credit union deposit program for the state to deposit a portion of funds under its control into credit unions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4847Discontinues service fees for distinctive license plates issued to veterans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4839Requires OPWDD to purchase and provide essential personal protection equipment to all direct support professionals, care recipients and group home providers in the event of a declaration of a state emergency that relates to public health.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4864Directs the comptroller to withhold certain payments to be made to the federal government until asylum seekers in the custody of the city of New York are granted documentation or authorization for employment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4819Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within one year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4549Requires principals to make a good faith effort to identify and notify co-trustees and co-beneficiaries of the signing of a power of attorney including the identity of the agent where the agent is not a co-trustee or co-beneficiary.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4836Authorizes the village of Sodus Point, in the town of Sodus, county of Wayne to allow golf carts on certain streets under the exclusive control and jurisdiction of such village.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4814Enacts the "New York state Palestinian refugee relocation prevention act"; provides that no state or local agency, authority, or official shall cooperate with, or provide any assistance to, the federal government in the relocation or resettlement of Palestinian refugees within the state of New York; requires that federal funds allocated for the resettlement of Palestinian refugees in New York shall be rejected and returned to the federal government; imposes a temporary moratorium on the admission to any institution of higher education in this state of Palestinian students and scholars; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4868Requires the disclosure of certain information when an agency responds to a request for law enforcement disciplinary records, including information a victim alleges regarding sexual misconduct.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4854Provides that the commissioner of education may also withhold from any district or city its share of the public money of the state for willfully disobeying any provision of law, or for such decisions, orders or regulations as aforesaid whose willful violation constitutes an immediate threat to the health, safety, education or welfare of students, employees or visitors at such common school, educational institution, school district or public school.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4822Provides that if, as a result of services performed in line of duty during a state of emergency, a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker is exposed to or comes in contact with COVID-19, the chief engineer or other executive officer of the fire department or fire company or the captain or other executive officer of the ambulance department, volunteer ambulance company or ambulance district of which they are a member may authorize such volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker to obtain such examinations, tests, treatment and care as are immediately necessary to determine whether they are injured; further grants a presumption that exposure to COVID-19 caused partial or total disability or death.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4553Relates to certain promotions to lieutenant or sergeant in the detective bureau in the city of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4825Authorizes the town of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed limit of less than 30 miles per hour on certain highways in the community of East Atlantic Beach.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4861Increases penalties for public urination or defecation to $500 for any violation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4869Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4838Establishes a direct support professional worker registry of persons who have successfully completed a direct support professional worker education or training program approved by the commissioner of mental health.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4539Establishes a pilot program for Lyme and tick-borne disease testing in children.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4867Requires the chief administrator of the courts to provide reports on legal training programs conducted by the office of court administration, the performance of the judges and justices of the unified court system, and the security of the judicial and non-judicial officers of the unified court system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4837Directs the department of health to conduct a study on opening three new veterans nursing homes in New York state; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4829Relates to penalties for violations of article fifteen of the executive law committed by mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers; includes such violations as grounds for suspension or revocation of license or registration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4521Enacts the "criminal forfeiture process act" to replace the process for the criminal forfeiture of certain property in certain instances.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4537Requires a call-blocking service to be provided in state contracts that include procurement of a voice service; provides that a voice service provider shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for failure of a call-blocking service to block a call, or mistakenly blocking a call that should not have been blocked.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4550Requires written consent of the New York thoroughbred horsemen's association representing at least fifty-one percent of the horsemen using the facilities of the franchised corporation prior to allocation or spending of funds from certain accounts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4531Relates to unlawful dealing in real property, when a person uses material governmental information, which such person knows or has reason to know is non-public, to purchase or sell real property; makes such offense a class A misdemeanor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4532Directs the public service commission to require electric and steam corporations to provide rate reductions or refunds for inadequate or interrupted service; requires electric corporations to reimburse ratepayers for damages to and losses of property and business caused by power outages in certain instances.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4860Requires capitated payments under the medical assistance program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4823Exempts from sales and use taxes certain motor vehicles, parts and services therefor and railroad rolling stock, parts and services therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4874Prohibits the sale to minors of any video game that has a mature or violent rating.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4540Provides that consent to sexual contact is a knowing, voluntary, and mutual decision among all participants; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4863Provides that criminal possession of fentanyl is a class E felony.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4536Requires immunization information systems to record data on the number of vaccine exemptions reported by each health care provider.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4830Establishes the paired testing program and compliance fee to determine if any real estate broker, real estate salesperson or employee or agent thereof is using unlawful discriminatory practices; creates the paired testing program fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4832Preempts local laws from requiring minimum work requirements for volunteer security guards in their communities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4849Requires a disclaimer to be included in any advertising for delivery services that advertise delivery within thirty minutes or less to say that delivery within such time is not guaranteed; prohibits delivery services from penalizing workers that fail to deliver within thirty minutes; requires disclosure to such workers that they are not required to deliver within thirty minutes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4855Provides that the theft of benefits contained on an electronic benefit transfer card shall be a class D felony punishable by a fine of ten thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4824Authorizes the spouses of certain volunteer firefighters to be issued a distinctive license plate for volunteer firefighters.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4831Authorizes local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for surface runoff.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4862Implements "Cassie's law" which provides a private right of action for crime victims against persons or private entities who suppress evidence of a crime in exchange for monetary compensation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4835Directs the commissioner of health to approve courses for eligible physicians, nurses and other staff that covers risk management strategies in emergency department visits for individuals with a developmental or intellectual disability; provides a premium reduction for physicians who complete such risk management strategies course.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4528Provides that veterans who are NY residents may use state parks, recreation facilities and historic sites without fees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4817Establishes 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 4857Requires that regular dredging of navigable waterways is scheduled in order to plan and finance to ensure the safe navigability and reliability of waterways in this state; requires a scheduled plan to be filed with DEC.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4865Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental; requires insurance coverage of at least one million dollars and an additional one hundred thousand dollars per tenant if tenants reside in such building.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4541Authorizes the department of health to establish an indoor air quality inspection, measurement and evaluation program; defines terms; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4858Enacts the "regional labor protection act" requiring the use of qualified local labor by contractors awarded projects in the construction of public works providing for the expenditure of state public money when the unemployment rate for construction workers is six percent or higher for three consecutive months.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4538Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act to provide competitive workforce development and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are seeking to expand access to representation for individuals facing deportation by increasing the workforce and strengthening the legal services infrastructure needed to provide such representation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4875Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4845Directs the New York state department of transportation and the New York city department of transportation to conduct a study on parking availability along the portion of 8th Avenue between 39th street and 73rd street in the borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4870Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4820Requires school districts and board of cooperative educational services to pay physical therapists and occupational therapists in alignment with the department's career ladder pathway framework; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4866Prohibits the use of investment managers to assist with investments of monies in the common retirement fund; requires that all current contracts with investment managers not be renewed after a period of one year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4827Provides for the suspension and revocation of certain learner's permits, and the return of numbered plates and registration suspensions in certain circumstances.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4834Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report to assess the staffing and other issues causing the continued displacement of individuals with developmental disabilities from various state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of the office for people with developmental disabilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseA 4828Improves the transportation of children with special needs to and from school; provides that bussing time shall not exceed one and one-half hours; provides a special needs liaison to work with each family with a child with special needs; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4852Requires the periodic inspection of commercial buildings where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental; requires such inspection quarterly; requires the state fire prevention and building code council to establish a fee for such inspection; requires the inspection of such buildings following a fire-related emergency or other fire-related incident.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4859Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems; provides that no library or library system shall receive state aid unless such entity adopts the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or develops a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4562Discloses to a parent the personal information and content about a minor collected by an operator of an internet platform when a parent requests such information.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4561Prevents interactive computer service providers from knowingly or negligently promoting developed content that is dangerous or otherwise injurious to minors; assesses a civil penalty to social media networks that knowingly or negligently promote such content.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4563Relates to police officer and peace officer hiring and transfers; requires police agencies review any possible internal files of police misconduct and complaints as well as pending criminal charges before hiring or allowing for a transfer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4567Provides for the New York state of health to help veterans ascertain their eligibility for health care through the department of veterans affairs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4560Establishes a third-party vendor program of not more than 10 vendors to send certain packages to incarcerated individuals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4564Establishes the New York baby opportunity fund which deposits $1,000 into an account managed by the state comptroller to be available to eligible children when they reach the age of 18; provides such funds be used for education costs, the purchase of real estate, or entrepreneurship.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4570Enacts the New York state money transmission disclosure act; requires each licensee providing a transmission transaction which involves currency of one country into the currency of another country to provide the customer with a written disclosure; authorizes the superintendent of financial services to implement any necessary rules and regulations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4569Prohibits discrimination during the appraisal of real property because of the age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, familial status, marital status or status as a victim of domestic violence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4568Requires the disclosure of certain information when an agency responds to a request for law enforcement disciplinary records, including information a victim alleges regarding sexual misconduct.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4556Provides representation to veterans that are at or below four hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines for matters involving children, sustenance and real property proceedings.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4566Relates to the rights of patients to receive medical information in an understandable format; provides that such information and documents shall avoid the use of medical terminology and instead use words with common and everyday meanings to facilitate understandability.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4565Creates the office of expungement and automatic sealing within the division of criminal justice services to oversee the sealing and expungement of certain convictions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4582Prohibits elected officials from collecting retirement while still in office when the retirement is earned from an elective public office.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4586Permits persons sixty-five years of age or older to be granted a real property tax freeze in a city with a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4580Removes eligibility or receipt of primary social security disability benefits as a condition for ordinary disability retirement for New York city enhanced plan members in active service who are not eligible for a normal retirement benefit and have completed five years or more of service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4581Authorizes an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for uniformed court officers and peace officers employed by the unified court system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4578Provides voters an opportunity to cure deficiencies regarding affidavit ballots in order to have their votes counted.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4878Relates to the establishment of mental health clubhouses pursuant to a statewide implementation plan developed by the office of mental health.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4573Includes assault of maintenance employees of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority in the definition of assault in the second degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4876Requires that public schools provide instruction on climate change, including but not limited to identifying the causes and impacts of climate change on individuals, environments and communities, and learning to evaluate solutions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4881Sets procedures for when special elections may be consolidated with general elections.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4588Sets procedures for when special elections may be consolidated with general elections.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4880Establishes confirmatory adoptions providing for the adoption of children born as a result of assisted reproduction; allows for more than two persons to be named parents of a child; establishes presumed parentage and provides for the challenge and adjudication thereof; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4600Enacts the New York child data privacy protection act to prevent the exploitation of children's data; requires data controllers to assess the impact of its products on children for review by the bureau of internet and technology.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4592Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4610Provides that correction officers designated as peace officers employed as peace officers by another state or local agency shall not be required to complete duplicate training or instruction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4617Relates to protecting witnesses in criminal prosecutions from intimidation and threats by permitting the court to withhold disclosure of names and other information if the court finds on the record that such witness is subject to potential intimidation, violence or threats.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4606Provides for the regulation of buy-now-pay-later lenders; requires such lenders to be licensed; establishes prohibited acts, limitations on loans, and consumer protections.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4613Relates to orders of protection with respect to companion animals; provides further protection for pets by authorizing the court to order a party to either relinquish a pet or to refrain from any contact with a pet.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4605Allows for mortgagors to cancel or renegotiate forbearance agreements made during a state disaster emergency.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4597Directs the division of veterans' services to establish a searchable database of veteran-owned businesses; requires the use of a special mark to indicate service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4603Establishes standards for the closure of bank accounts in the state of New York to include providing notice of closure and the return of funds to account owners.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4614Directs any moneys derived from new or increased taxes be used to reduce local real property taxes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4611Provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft; relates to penalties for certain wage violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseS 4608Relates to the acceleration of the downstate casino licenses; sets forth fixed deadlines for different steps of the application process.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4616Prohibits the permanent or temporary housing of migrant populations in schoolhouses or on school grounds in districts outside of a city with a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced
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