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25,446 bills · Page 157 of 255 · New York 2025–2026 Legislative Session · updated October 28, 2026
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A 5020Establishes a co-navigation services program for persons who are deaf-blind to provide services to a person who is deaf-blind that assist the person to physically access the person's environment and to make informed decisions, including providing visual and environmental information or sighted guide services and assisting with communication accessibility by communicating in the preferred language and communication mode of the person who is deaf-blind.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5018Requires that all human services contracts between any public entity and a human services provider stipulate that the public entity will pay no less than 150% of the higher of: the otherwise applicable minimum wage in the state or any otherwise applicable wage rule or order and that the necessary amounts have been appropriated to ensure payment of such minimum wage.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4927Prohibits a town, city, or county industrial development agency from waiving taxes which would be received by a school district.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4919Authorizes a free bowhunting privilege, muzzle-loading privilege, turkey permit, duck stamp, and doe permit for qualified hunting instructors.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4978Provides that a great-grandparent may apply to the supreme court for visitation rights with respect to certain minor great-grandchildren where either or both of the parents of such child is or are deceased.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4977Exempts services provided to board an animal when rendered by a veterinarian licensed and registered as required by the education law or by a commercial horse boarding operation from sales and use taxes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4887Relates to leased vehicle protections; provides that every lease shall itemize and set forth in detail all costs required to be paid by the lessee or purchaser of the rental vehicle upon termination of such lease.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4982Eliminates additional application fees and annual fees for special license plates issued to veterans of the armed forces of the United States.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4940Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent and for modification of such orders.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4947Enacts the NY privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4999Prohibits the retail sale of flavored tobacco products and accessories; imposes a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each infraction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4930Creates an adult high school workforce development demonstration project in Rochester; defines "adult high school workforce development demonstration project" or "program" to mean a private or independent high school registered by the department which provides adult learners with an appropriate academic environment, career credentialing programs and access to wraparound services provided by the operator or any entity partnered which such operator to address barriers to enable adult learners to pursue and obtain, subject to satisfactory completion of the requirements set forth within this article, a high school diploma.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4933Makes desecration of property commemorating a historical figure a class C felony.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4906Provides that the weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing: on or after January first, two thousand twenty-eight shall be fifty percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-nine shall be fifty-five percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand thirty shall be sixty percent of the employee's weekly average wage but shall not exceed sixty percent of the state average weekly wage; and on or after January first of each succeeding year, shall be sixty-seven percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent of the state average weekly wage.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4631Relates to requiring an updated signature and photo image for renewal and display on a renewed license.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4956Relates to the SUNY Maritime admissions program increasing the number of positions reserved for nomination by the governor and members of the legislature and scholarship under the SUNY Maritime admissions program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4948Provides an earned income tax credit to youth workers; increases the standard deduction for individuals eighteen to twenty-four years of age; provides for the deduction of student loan interest; provides for the expiration of such provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5003Prohibits cases from being closed without a hearing or written stipulation; requires a stenographic record of all hearings held; requires minutes and decisions to be provided to the injured worker in their native language.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4949Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4991Prohibits the use of an algorithmic device by a landlord for the purpose of determining the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; declares that such use is an unfair or deceptive trade practice.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4918Provides interest rate limitations for financing arrangements and the extension of consumer credit; relates to the definitions of criminal usury in the first and second degrees; relates to the functions of the attorney general regarding rental purchase agreements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4643Exempts East Islip union free school district from laws, rules, or regulations regarding the use of indigenous names, mascots, and logos.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4894Enhances and enacts provisions relating to criminalizing the promotion of animal fighting and appropriately punishing individuals associated with such activities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4652Adjusts the school tax relief (STAR) exemption for homes located outside a city with a population greater than one million for the 2025--2026 school years and thereafter (Part A); relates to a real property tax freeze to reimburse qualifying homeowners for increases in local property taxes on their primary residences (Part B); provides for supplemental state assistance to be paid to cities, counties, towns and villages that are compliant with the property tax levy limits (Part C).New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4884Relates to discrimination against owners of specific breeds of dogs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4958Provides for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual which includes all medical records, including but not limited to mental health records and results of drug or alcohol tests, work records and evaluations, conduct records and programming records.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4984Shifts the conducting of the income verification process for the purposes of the senior citizen tax exemption from municipalities to the department of taxation and finance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4934Establishes the organized militia as public employees working group to examine the potential costs and benefits of designating members of the New York state organized militia as public employees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4923Requires age-appropriate instruction on conflict resolution for elementary, middle, and high school students; requires the commissioner to develop curricula for schools in the state for such instruction; directs the commissioner to develop resource materials to facilitate such instruction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4988Relates to the definition of an assault weapon.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5010Prohibits the sale of dry ice to individuals under eighteen years of age; provides a violation shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4983Prohibits discrimination in government procurement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4633Relates to adding animal fighting as a criminal act when referring to enterprise corruption.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4648Increases the number of photo speed violation monitoring systems in a highway construction or maintenance work area; makes such provisions permanent.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5017Relates to creating NYCHA-based health centers to provide basic health services for residents living on NYCHA campuses, specifically specialty care and testing for lead poisoning and mold exposure and specifically respiratory related illnesses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4995Prohibits 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 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4639Relates to reporting on funds received pursuant to a New York opioid settlement sharing agreement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4961Establishes the addiction prevention and recovery act; increases taxes on alcohol by fifty percent; allocates the increased revenue to a special fund to be used for the purposes of alcohol and substance abuse addiction prevention and recovery services and programs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5014Enacts the "Home Equity Fraud Act" to control improper activities by home improvement contractors and finance companies; prohibits mortgage brokers or agents from acting as home improvement contractors; provides additional protections for mortgagors and homeowners.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4623Relates to requiring the board of regents to obtain legislative approval of any rule or regulation containing an unfunded mandate.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4950Requires employees of a public passenger ferry system employed as United States coast guard-licensed officers or in any position for which a United States coast guard officer license, endorsement or credential is required by law or by the relevant civil service job specifications, to be included under the phrase "laborers, workers or mechanics" as used under certain provisions of the labor law relating to the ability of employee organizations to negotiate with employers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4655Modifies what qualifies as an original equipment manufacturer and the manufacture date when hardware must comply with the right to repair law; repeals certain limitations on the right to repair law.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseA 4945Establishes the relocated worker grant program which requires the empire state development corporation to design and implement the relocated worker grant program which shall include a certification process to certify relocated workers and certify qualifying expenses for a reimbursement grant; defines terms; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4931Authorizes municipalities located in the county of Orange and county of Rockland to charge for the cost of providing additional police protection to paid-admission events.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4967Enacts the "microbusiness resiliency and growth act"; defines "microbusiness" as a business employing five or fewer persons, is resident in this state, is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in its field, and does not conduct its business transactions primarily over the internet; further provides for a segregated sales tax system for such microbusinesses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4897Requires the higher education services corporation to make a determination of financial eligibility of a student for financial aid, awards and loans within 60 days from the day of the receipt of the financial aid application; where the higher education services corporation fails to make a timely determination the applicant shall be deemed eligible for such aid for the semester for which the application was made; allows for a 30-day extension if notice is given to the educational institution within the initial 60-day period.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4972Establishes an office of the state medical indemnity fund ombudsperson and a medical indemnity fund advisory panel to advocate for, assist and represent the interests of qualified plaintiffs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4636Requires the parole board to provide notice to the crime victim or victim's representative that a parolee or releasee is being discharged or released.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 4902Decreases the prohibited area of parking around a fire hydrant from fifteen to ten feet to reduce parking congestion in heavily populated areas.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4661Requires third-party verification of an application to receive the Empire State film production credit and the Empire State film post production credit by approved certified public accountants.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4660Repeals provisions relating to the empire state jobs retention program credit.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4663Allows courts to consider the risk of continued substance abuse and likelihood of serious harm to the principal when considering committing such principal to the custody of the sheriff.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4682Enacts Josh's law; requires training plans be approved annually prior to implementation in modified and high school football by either the PSLA or NYSPHSAA, whichever is applicable; requires certain information regarding injuries be reported that occur during such practices.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4662Requires the department of economic development issue a quarterly report on film production and post-production tax credits by project and by county in the aggregate and publish such reports on such department's website.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4679Relates to unsealing unfounded child abuse and maltreatment reports upon a court order finding that justice requires the information in such reports is necessary for the determination of charges being investigated by a grand jury or for the purposes of prosecuting a violation of the penal law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4678Increases driver safety training course requirements for D, M, and MJ license applicants; directs the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles to study the operation and safety of motorcycles, e-bikes, and scooters.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4677Permits award of crime victim assistance funds to victims of overdoses, where such overdoses cause death and were the result of deception, surreptitious delivery, or third-party administration of a controlled substance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4672Requires signage on state highways designating where there is a zero-emission charging and refueling station that is open and available to the public within three miles of an exit or off-ramp.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseS 4673Requires high schools to teach first aid instruction to students in grades nine through twelve.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4680Requires school boards to make the final decision on whether to keep, remove, or restrict access to an instructional material in a school library; establishes a review process for formal complaints concerning instructional materials that are the subject of complaints.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4684Establishes the crime of aggravated criminal concealment of identity.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4669Enacts the "assuring college campus and educational safety and support (ACCESS) act" relating to harassment of students and applicants at educational institutions; describes the circumstances under which harassment at educational institutions is an unlawful discriminatory practice; describes the circumstances under which an educational institution is deemed to have permitted harassment; describes additional circumstances under which a college or university is deemed to have permitted harassment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4676Adds xylazine to the depressants designated as controlled substances with the exception of use in cattle or other nonhuman species if approved by the federal food and drug administration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4664Directs the commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commissioners of mental health and veterans' services, to conduct a study on the use of ibogaine as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, and the increasing rate of PTSD diagnoses in veterans and first responders.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4665Establishes a local government salt brine equipment grant program under which the secretary of state may award matching grants to municipalities to cover costs associated with purchasing salt brine equipment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4687Mandates that any article of merchandise advertised, and not available throughout advertised period, must be supplied at advertised price by seller within sixty days from the date the purchaser of such article is notified of its availability; specifies terms of raincheck and limited exceptions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4668Relates to service retirement benefits for certain members of the New York city employees' retirement system; provides that for New York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members of the New York city employees' retirement system, the service retirement benefit shall not be reduced by the primary social security retirement benefit commencing at age sixty-two.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4688Requires batteries for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to be tested and approved by certain testing laboratories.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4681Relates to the interest assessment surcharge.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4670Relates to establishing Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Lunar New Year, Tihar, Bandi Chhor Divas and Onam as school holidays.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4690Relates to human trafficking awareness and training for public transit employees; mandates displaying human trafficking resource materials created by the state public transportation safety board and the department of transportation in all public transit modes of transportation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5057Enables public authorities that offer E-ZPass payment for tolls, fares, fees, rentals or other charges to transmit electronic notifications stating that the electronic toll collection system has registered the customer's account to E-ZPass customers who opt in for such service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5049Establishes the task force on education funding and property tax reform within the education department to conduct a comprehensive study and provide recommendations on education funding and the role of property taxes in funding New York's education system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5025Includes Stewart International Airport in the definition of covered airport location for the purposes of minimum wage rates.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5029Relates to the substitution of brand name epinephrine auto-injectors with alternate epinephrine auto-injectors in certain cases.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5063Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program; provides criteria for eligibility, and limits on amounts and durations for any such awards.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5058Moves the date of the presidential primary to the same date as the state primaries.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5052Requires 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 4698Eliminates the $1500 cap on the maximum amount and the gross income requirement for the long-term care insurance credit.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4708Grants free access to state parks for firefighters upon showing a sufficient method of identification, as designated by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation or other state agency having jurisdiction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5033Authorizes the City of Newburgh to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy in accordance with applicable law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5054Allows approved claims of representatives for services rendered to a claimant in connection with an unemployment insurance claim to become a lien upon the benefit allowed; criminalizes certain violations relating to other forms of compensation in connection with an unemployment insurance claim; provides that a fee allowed shall be on a contingency basis and be equal to fifteen percent of the amount of the benefits to be paid to the claimant at the conclusion of services rendered.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5035Requires the Thruway Authority to provide at least twelve charging stations at each rest area and gas station complex owned, leased or operated by the Thruway Authority.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5037Requires utility companies to report on utility poles and remove unused utility poles in the public right-of-way.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5032Establishes procedures to disassemble and dispose of guns, rifles and firearms purchased by local municipalities and law enforcement agencies through a gun buyback program, including the creation of a log and video recordings.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5026Requires certain sellers of real property to provide a certificate of occupancy to the purchaser of the real property.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5061Requires that county committees meet no earlier than one day after the June primary is certified.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5053Increases the minimum insurance coverage required for motor vehicles registered and/or operated within the state of New York; for injury or death to one person in any one accident, increases the limits required from $25,000 to $50,000 for bodily injury and from $50,000 to $100,000 for death, for injury or death to more than one person in any one accident, increases the limits required from $50,000 to $100,000 for bodily injury and from $100,000 to $200,000 for death, and for third party property damage in any one accident, increases the limits required from $10,000 to $25,000.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5056Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4703Requires a recording officer not to record or accept a transfer or assignment of interest in a mortgage unless accompanied with a mortgage ownership assignment document.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5059Requires that subpoenas issued relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 4689Requires disclosure, in such form as the superintendent shall require, of non-confidential information regarding step therapy override requests and determinations on a website that is readily accessible to the public.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5048Authorizes the boards of education in union free school districts and central school districts to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections in Orange County.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5038Directs the New York State Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the New York Power Authority, to promulgate rules and regulations for the standardization of public charging stations for electric vehicles.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5046Creates a private right of action for fertility fraud; adds a health care practitioner using human reproductive material from the practitioner or from a donor knowing or who reasonably should have known that such patient had not expressly consented to such use, to the crime of aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree; relates to the time in which to commence actions relating to fertility fraud; includes fertility fraud in the definition of professional misconduct for physicians, physician's assistants and specialist assistants.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5034Establishes timelines for payment of election inspectors.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5067Requires entities receiving state funding for workforce development purposes to annually file a report with the department of labor describing the number of individuals contacted, trained and hired by such entities and the status of such individuals at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after hiring.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5060Provides for a partial real property tax exemption for the water filtration plant for the City of Newburgh, Orange County, New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5043Allows delivery of an application for an absentee ballot to the board of elections through and on the day of the election.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5028Prohibits a sex offender whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a child care provider, preschool or any facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced
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