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A 5797Requires the installation of automatic sprinkler systems and emergency fire escapes in multi-family dwellings over two stories.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCAsm. Jodi GiglioA 5830Requires health insurers to provide coverage for procedures relating to the diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and related conditions, including pain, discomfort and infertility resulting therefrom.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCAsm. Phara Souffrant ForrestS 5319Includes permissible payment methods, advance consent for direct payments, and annually providing the updated rate schedule as required terms for certain insurance contracts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 5279Directs the state police to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations regarding the flagging for further review of bulk purchases of firearms or ammunition.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaA 5774Relates to allowing for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. Rebecca SeawrightS 5283Relates to parole eligibility for crimes committed at age twenty-one or younger; provides if such individual is convicted of a crime prior to their twenty-second birthday for which they were sentenced to a period of incarceration greater than 20 years, they shall be eligible for parole after fifteen years of incarceration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaA 5815Relates 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 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalA 5820Permits borough presidents to remove persons they appointed to a community district education council for criminal wrongdoing or misconduct.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanA 5778Exempts certain not-for-profit corporations from the real estate transfer tax if such conveyance is to a food relief organization for the purpose of providing food for free to persons experiencing food insecurity.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jodi GiglioA 5787Relates to requiring certain town and village justices be admitted to practice law in the state; requires town and village justices in a town or village with a high arraignment volume be admitted to practice law in New York state for at least five years as of the date they commence the duties of office; provides the determination of a town or village with a high arraignment volume shall be made by the office of court administration in consultation with the division of criminal justice services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTWNAsm. Jenifer RajkumarS 5287Authorizes the commissioner to place certain incarcerated individuals in home confinement during a declared state of emergency if such state of emergency conditions materially affect the functioning of the department of corrections and community supervision.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaA 5798Enacts the "MTA board member attendance act"; requires members of the metropolitan transportation authority to attend the majority of public hearings on fare hikes in order to cast a vote.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Chris EachusA 5812Requires all dwellings in projects located within the state to include braille labeling on all room numbers, elevator buttons, and directional signage in common areas in such dwellings.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Erik DilanS 5295Prohibits children twelve years old and younger from playing tackle football.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaA 5810Relates to establishing a child care tax credit; credit shall be twenty-five percent of the expenses of child care.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 5788Amends the New York state college choice tuition savings program to have the program also apply to elementary and secondary schools.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jodi GiglioS 5338Provides that upon motion and after an opportunity to be heard, a court may order the defendant in a family offense proceeding to turn control of a connected device over to a family or household member or, if that is not possible, to have such connected device disabled by the manufacturer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia FahyA 5823Requires that the state system for warning populations who are or may be endangered includes audible alerts for all announcements to ensure that information is accessible to visually impaired individuals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Erik DilanA 5817Enhances sentences for certain offenses involving weapons on or near school grounds; relates to the availability of certain records of juvenile delinquents or youthful offenders; relates to annual earnings limitations for certain retired police officers employed by a school district or a board of cooperative educational services; adds a defendant's identifiable ties to the community and state to consideration for whether to fix a securing order, including residence, employment, enrollment with an educational institution, and immediate family; allows courts to hold a pre-trial community safety and well-being hearing; relates to the court's consideration of the existence of extraordinary circumstances and significant physical injury in determining whether to remove adolescent offenders to family court; defines such terms; provides factors for the court's consideration of whether extraordinary circumstances exist; exempts adolescent offenders who were illegally in possession of a loaded firearm from those authorized to be removed to family court; modifies the crime of criminal solicitation in the third degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLAsm. Marianne ButtenschonA 5790Lowers the voting age to 16 years; requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Robert CarrollS 5335Enacts the "home mortgage bridge loan assistance act" to prevent avoidable home mortgage foreclosures by providing temporary bridge loan assistance; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersA 5770Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the NYC transit system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanA 5804Enables constitutionally-qualified electors to register to vote and to cast a ballot on the same day at a polling location.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michaelle SolagesS 5308Requires self-supporting life insurance and annuity business policies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyA 5808Requires any proposed increase in fares by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority shall be submitted to the comptroller for approval before such fare increase takes effect; requires the metropolitan commuter transportation authority to submit a report to the comptroller which includes a justification for such proposed fare increase and the current financial condition of such authority.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanA 5773Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Harry BronsonA 5794Computes sales and compensating use tax on retail sales of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel at a rate of cents per gallon; requires prepayment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jodi GiglioS 5290Requires that a defendant must be over twenty-five years old to be guilty of felony murder.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaS 5325Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study examining the increasing costs of insurance premiums, the lack of availability of insurance coverage for losses from flooding, and the possibility of supporting a private flood insurance market in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyA 5811Enacts the "construction insurance transparency act" to require insurers providing coverage for liability under the scaffold law to report, on an annual basis, to the superintendent of financial services relating to its finances and claims paid thereunder.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Harry BronsonA 5805Establishes a tax credit for full-time nurses and a tax credit for teaching nurses; provides that the amount of such credit shall be five hundred dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXAsm. Daniel NorberS 5337Relates to the application of certain provisions relating to the operating component of rates of payment made by governmental agencies for facilities that provide extensive nursing, medical, psychological and counseling support services solely to children.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia FahyS 5316Increases the jurisdictional limit from $3,000 to $5,000 for justice courts; increases filing fees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyA 5793Requires fares for paratransit services providing public transportation for eligible individuals with disabilities or health conditions that prevent them from using public buses and subways for some or all of their trips, to be made available at the same fares for individuals with disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize public buses and subways.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanS 5328Relates to licensing requirements for bail bond agents; requires additional course instruction and other prerequisites to licensure.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 5323Authorizes the imposition of penalties on subcontractors for failure to adhere to the standards for prompt, fair and equitable settlement of claims for health care and payments for health care services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 5343Provides that payment of interest penalty and attorney fees to claimant when payment of a claim is overdue shall be exclusive remedy when insurer fails to make timely payment; provides such failure of insurer to make timely payment or issue denial within 30 days after proof of claim has been submitted to insurer shall not preclude such insurer from issuing a denial or asserting a defense after the 30 day period has elapsed.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5326Provides for standardized health insurance contracts for small dental employers who meet certain criteria.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseSen. Jamaal BaileyA 5824Makes tuition free for New York state residents serving as volunteer firefighters at SUNY and CUNY schools and community colleges.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. Michaelle SolagesA 5828Relates to establishing the big apple transit authority and the commuter transportation authority for the purpose of providing such authorities with municipal control over the New York city subway system (Part A); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority within the New York city transit authority (Part B); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority; repeals provisions relating thereto (Part C); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority (Part D); relates to establishing the commuter transportation authority (Part E).New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Robert CarrollA 5792Increases the monetary penalties for the crimes of aggravated harassment in the first or second degrees or for discrimination; provides that such penalty shall be not less than five hundred dollars nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars for the first violation and not less than twenty-five hundred dollars nor more than twelve thousand five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Daniel NorberA 5762Provides that criminal sale of a controlled substance by an adult to a person less than fourteen years of age is a class A-II felony.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michaelle SolagesS 5305Provides for the formation of mutual holding companies by certain domestic mutual property/casualty insurers and the reorganization in connection therewith of a domestic mutual property/casualty insurer into a domestic stock property/casualty insurer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 5361Provides for a minimum reimbursement rate for ambulatory behavioral health services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Leroy ComrieS 5355Relates to the issuance of distinctive plates for retired members of the New York state legislature.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5359Relates to notice of disclaimer of liability for certain revived causes of action; provides such notice shall occur within 120 days after the insurer has received actual notice of such revived claim or cause of action.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5360Directs the commissioner of labor, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, to develop a program which incentivizes unemployed individuals to enter jobs in healthcare.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedLaborSen. Leroy ComrieS 5358Establishes a tax credit for the replacement or repair of sewer lateral pipes by homeowners who use the home as their principal residence and have an income of less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5346Provides that a qualified voter may receive an absentee ballot if such voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which such individual is a qualified voter because of a religious observance or practice.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5352Requires notification by a prescriber or pharmacist of the substitution of one generic drug product for another generic drug product; requires both oral and written notification.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5353Enacts the "Automobile Insurance Fraud Prevention Act"; relates to claims and medical treatment arising out of motor vehicle accidents.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Leroy ComrieS 5348Relates to repeated instances of harassment giving rise to a charge of aggravated harassment in the second degree and harassment in the first degree; clarifies that the victim of such separate offenses does not need to be the same individual.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5357Caps the monthly maximum payment for hotel rooms to house homeless persons based upon the New York city housing authority Section 8 voucher payment standards.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5362Relates to permitting payments 14 days after the due date.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5350Relates to veterans' eligibility for public housing; expands eligibility requirements to include veterans of the recent conflicts; requires granting of a preference for public housing to veterans or families of veterans who have a military service connected disability.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBGSen. Leroy ComrieS 5354Relates to life, accident and health insurance; relates to discrimination and rebating; relates to prohibited inducements and independent sales.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5356Relates to taxes on foreign fire insurance premiums; permits local governments to update outdated laws related to the disbursement of foreign fire insurance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5364Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts except to the extent that damages were caused by or the result of the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5349Restricts insurers from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information from insureds as a standard practice in processing ordinary theft claims where no special circumstances warranting a demand for such information exists.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5351Establishes the industry targeted unemployment task force for the purpose of concentrating unemployment assistance, job training, and job development assistance during times of high unemployment to individuals who have previously been employed by an industry that is experiencing unemployment rates higher than the statewide average.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5345Relates to coverage for certain benefits under comprehensive motor vehicle insurance; prohibits assignment of benefits to durable medical equipment providers unless approved.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Leroy ComrieS 5404Prohibits provisions in any waiver, settlement, agreement or other resolution of any claim where the foundation for which is an alleged violation of the labor law or article fifteen of the executive law, that prevent the disclosure of the employee's workplace experience with the employer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew GounardesS 5419Prohibits the use of automated purchasing software to buy large quantities of goods for the purpose of retail resale of such goods.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 5410Relates to the registration and regulation of animal breeders; requires each to be licensed; creates a breeder licensing fund; exempts not-for-profit organizations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 5413Provides for random testing for anabolic steroids in athletes in public and private schools; appropriates $1,000,000 therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 5398Relates to New York state active duty performed under the authority of the governor of New York state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 5376Classifies possession of substances containing fentanyl, carfentanyl, or analogs thereof as criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jacob AshbyS 5367Directs the state athletic commission to review the need for regulation and licensing of professional wrestling.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5374Relates to the classification of certain crimes relating to assaults on police officers; increases such classifications by one level.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jacob AshbyS 5385Permits the commissioner of motor vehicles to require any licensed driver to submit to an examination or reexamination prior to such licensed driver's normal renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having jurisdiction of traffic offenses, or the governor or chief magistrate of a state or territory stating that the driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is questionable.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 5409Enhances penalties for committing multiple animal cruelty offenses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 5393Relates to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation and the contact was intentional and with the sole purpose of sexual gratification; relates to public lewdness while a passenger on public transportation; establishes enhanced penalties for offenses committed while in or upon a building, facility, property, vehicle or train owned, leased or operated by the metropolitan transportation authority; provides for the suspension or revocation of the use of a building, facility, property, vehicle or train owned, leased or operated by the metropolitan transportation authority.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPenalSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 5375Establishes the retire strong tax credit for certain individuals age 65 or older; authorizes a tax credit amounting to half the qualifying real property taxes paid by such individual for the taxable year, up to $6,500.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jacob AshbyS 5428Authorizes park-and-ride development as construction or improvement by the department of transportation partly at municipal expense.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SkoufisS 5422Exempts from sales and use tax zero-emission school buses and any and all parts and pieces of equipment used in their operation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SkoufisS 5430Adds social security number, past home addresses, social media accounts, and online gamer information to the information required to be reported by a sex offender.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SkoufisS 5431Reinstates a bank tax based on the highest of four bases: a tax on allocated entire net income, a tax on allocated alternative entire net income, a tax on allocated taxable assets, or a fixed dollar minimum tax; prohibits banks from segregating their income and capital into business and investment varieties.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SkoufisS 5380Requires introducer's memorandum to include a statement of fiscal impact affecting political subdivisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 5394Relates to additional equipment requirements for stretch limousines; requires that stretch limousines are equipped with the necessary quantity of window break tools and operational fire extinguishers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 5366Provides a tax credit to corporations that purchase qualified green construction equipment equivalent to thirty percent of the total expenses incurred during the taxable year in purchasing such equipment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5383Permits an incorporated firefighter's benevolent association created by act of the legislature to include the following in the purposes of the association without an additional act of the legislature; to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the corporation; to promote relations between the members of the corporation and the local community; to provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their families who are injured, disabled or indigent; to provide for the health and safety of the members of the corporation; to maintain suitable headquarters for the members of the corporation; to acquire real and personal property such as may be necessary for the purposes set forth in this section; to study and disseminate among the members of the corporation the most efficient manner of fighting fires; and to promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter be served by the fire department associated with such corporation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 5408Provides for administration of certain funds for zero-emission school buses and supporting infrastructure by NYSERDA.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 5427Requires screening for dyslexia; provides for intervention services for dyslexic children.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SkoufisS 5420Expands the class A misdemeanor of public lewdness in the first degree to include the commission of public lewdness after having been convicted of a public lewdness offense in the previous 3 years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 5365Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to impose higher civil penalties upon motor carriers who fail to report to the commissioner of motor vehicles certain disqualifying violations by bus drivers employed by such carrier.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5378Establishes the school safety specialist act; establishes a certification and training program for school safety specialists; outlines the roles and duties of school safety specialists.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jacob AshbyS 5384Relates to the delivery of services that are clinical in nature by persons serving in programs under the jurisdiction of the department of mental hygiene, while under a level of supervision by a licensed professional as determined by the appropriate mental hygiene commissioner.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 5415Imposes strict liability on manufacturers, owners, and operators of unmanned motor vehicles.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 5412Limits, in cities having a population of one million or more, the annual increase in real property taxes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 5395Authorizes distinctive license plates for recipients of the Bronze or Silver star.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 5377Relates to participation by veterans with respect to state contracts by expanding Article 3 of the veterans' services law to cover all veteran-owned business enterprises instead of only service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises; makes related corrections in law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCANSen. Jacob AshbyS 5417Relates to authorizing uniformed court officers and court clerks designated as peace officers to execute arrest warrants.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 5386Enacts the "state and local clean energy partnership", directing the public service commission to establish a standard New York state community choice aggregation program for all utility service territories.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 5421Designates Xylazine as a schedule III depressant.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SkoufisS 5388Restricts advertisements for alcoholic beverages; requires an alcoholism hotline number on each advertisement; requires the State Liquor Authority to promulgate rules that require licensees to implement responsible drinking programs that include comprehensive employee trainings on responding to circumstances in which individuals present signs of alcohol abuse or suffering from the disease of alcoholism and requirements for such licensee or permit holder to assess, prevent, and address alcohol abuse by users under the age of thirty.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedABCSen. Peter HarckhamS 5399Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of the ten prescription drugs on which the state expends the most money and which have had certain costs increased by fifty percent or more over the past five years or by ten percent or more during the previous calendar year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 5389Provides for the review of a suitable child care plan to be presented by the petitioning parent for the period of deployment, including but not limited to, reasonable notice by deploying parent to other parent of deployment, procedures for parents to make out of court arrangements regarding custody and visitation during deployment; prohibits an order of permanent custody without deployed parent's consent; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 5406Requires all state and private agencies with mandatory reporters of incidents involving vulnerable people to retrain all staff on reporting to a 9-1-1 operator and the county district attorney's office and state and private websites; requires written materials to be updated.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 5368Establishes a tree removal and emerald ash elimination credit; provides that the aggregate amount of tax credits allowed in any calendar year statewide shall be ten million dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 5423Relates to the judicial process relating to a dog that causes the death of a companion animal, farm animal or domestic animal while trespassing on property.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James Skoufis

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