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A 5942Provides for the release on medical parole for incarcerated individuals who require the level of care typically provided in a nursing home setting or those who, because of their physical or cognitive condition, are limited in their ability to perform basic life activities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5608Establishes a New York state English as a new language teaching assistance program for certain undergraduate and/or graduate students in a program leading to a career as a teacher in primary or secondary education.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5934Establishes a college student expense personal income tax credit for a taxpayer or such taxpayer's dependents who are enrolled full-time in an undergraduate college, equal to the amount paid for new and used required textbooks and laptop computers not to exceed one thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5997Prohibits the sale of bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters unless they are equipped with a fireproof battery container for the safe storage of the battery used as the principal electric power source.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5954Prohibits students from possessing cellphones during classroom instruction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5926Provides that the tax levy limit shall be equal to a zero percent increase over the prior year tax levy when the difference between the total amount of taxes levied for the prior year less the tax levy limit results in a negative number.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5990Adopts the interstate teacher mobility compact to facilitate the mobility of teachers across member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through new pathways to licensure; establishes a regulatory framework to expedite and enhance the ability of teachers to move across state lines.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5945Permits the use of portable electronic devices for making phone calls as part of the telephone service system made available to incarcerated individuals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5950Extends the timeframe during which a proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meeting of a party committee or caucus shall be instituted to twenty-five days after the holding of such primary or convention or the filing of the certificate of nominations made at such caucus or meeting of a party committee.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5974Classifies operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs by an individual under the age of twenty-one as a per se offense; includes any substance or combination of substances that impair, to any extent, physical or mental abilities in the definition of drugs; allows the odor of cannabis to be the basis for evidence for a violation of section 1192-a of the vehicle and traffic law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5965Provides for eminent domain reform; creates the "home and property protection act"; creates a temporary state commission to examine eminent domain laws.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5976Prohibits the sale of tobacco products and vapor products within five hundred feet of a public or private school.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5983Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against confrontation of theft.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5972Provides language translation services to accommodate census self-reporting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5971Relates to real property subject to an authorization for a real property tax exemption in the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, with respect to the 2019 and 2020 assessment rolls.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6015Relates to excluding renewable energy pilot projects and certain energy system-related payments in lieu of taxes from tax cap calculations, and to the establishment of a distributed generation energy development program that provides a single forum for state-level appeals for proposed distributed generation energy facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5991Requires the office of mental health, office of addiction services and supports and the department of education to create a behavioral health website which shall provide information on various behavioral health issues such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5933Allows poll workers to be from any political party.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5610Provides for a ten year statute of limitations for assault in the first degree committed against a member of the same family or household.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5940Allows off-track betting corporations to set up special reserve funds to use as an alternative to current capital acquisition funds.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5962Permits the governor to direct the metropolitan transportation authority to provide free transportation to students during a state of emergency.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6018Designates August thirty-first of each year as a day of commemoration to be known as "Overdose Awareness Day".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5589Provides public access to epinephrine auto-injector devices at schools; establishes public access epinephrine auto-injector device providers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5994Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, the commissioner of mental health, and the state board of pharmacy, to promulgate and implement rules and regulations authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and storage systems for distribution of prescription and non-prescription drugs and medical devices at pharmacies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5996Requires the establishment of a legislative child care facility for use of members and staff of the legislature to be located in a part of the empire state plaza complex that has legislative offices and to be contracted by a private child care provider; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6013Amends the definition of sports wager to include other things of value; changes the licensing requirement for mobile sports wagering operators; provides the state shall by no later than January 31, 2026 have fourteen operators and by January 31, 2027 have sixteen operators; provides tax rates shall be determined based on the number of operators.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5967Authorizes the town of Smithtown, in the county of Suffolk, to make ordinances prohibiting the discharge of longbows and crossbows in areas in which such activity may be hazardous to the general public or nearby residents.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5596Requires motor vehicle dealers to search for recalls and make certain repairs prior to selling a used motor vehicle.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5947Prohibits certain wildlife and fish from being imported into the state in order to protect public health and safety, native wildlife and fish, and the agricultural interests of the state; relates to the operation of live animal markets.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6030Allows certain interactive poker games be considered games of skill rather than games of luck; includes definitions, authorization, required safeguards and minimum standards, the scope of licensing review and state tax implications; makes corresponding penal law amendments.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5591Establishes an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute within the state university of New York as an initiative for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leaders in higher education with a mission to retain and grow from within SUNY a greater proportion of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) professionals at SUNY campuses; creates an eight member advisory council.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5946Creates the real property regulatory impacts act; provides that the owner of any real property may bring an action against the state whenever the application of any state statute, rule or regulation to such property causes a diminution in value of fifty percent or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6034Relates to harness racing; limits racing at harness tracks to only registered standardbred horses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6020Regulates the sale of plastic trash bags; requires plastic trash bags be made of 30% post-consumer materials.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6014Requires certain entities to stock opioid antagonists and to store naloxone nasal sprays with or adjacent to automated external defibrillator cabinets.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5963Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to create ten-year capital program plans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5992Requires the city of New York to establish the New York city school safety fund, which transfers fines collected from the city's photo speed violation monitoring program and fines from the overpassing of stopped school buses to the fund to be used for school initiatives relating to the safe travel of students.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5978Requires affordable housing funded by the state be used for veterans and people with disabilities, with each group receiving five percent of such affordable housing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6007Provides that where safety equipment or devices have been made available, and an employee has failed to follow safety instruction or safe work practices in accordance with training provided, or failed to utilize provided safety equipment or devices, or engaged in a criminal act or was impaired by the use of drugs or alcohol, and such failure, act or impairment is a proximate cause of an injury to such person, the conduct attributable to such person shall not bar recovery, but the amount of damages otherwise recoverable shall be determined in accordance with contributory negligence provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5935Relates to allowing bed and breakfasts to sell cider, liquor, beer and wine on the licensed premises.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5964Provides space on a driver's license for health care proxy information.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5604Allows for reasonable accommodations for the examination portion of licensure requirements to become a social worker for individuals for whom English is not their primary language and a test in their primary language is not available.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5960Permits a military spouse to practice an occupation upon submission of licensure, certification or registration to practice an equivalent occupation issued by any other state; provided the licensure standards are not lower than those of this state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5612Authorizes occupational therapy services to be provided in school to students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve with occupational impairments of a severity that does not adversely affect the student's educational performance but does present a barrier to functioning at home or in the community; directs the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations for the provision of such occupational therapy services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6012Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5968Expands the provisions of the urban development action area act by amending the definition of municipality and eligible area to include any city instead of specifically applying to a city with one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6008Relates to the amount of surplus funds which may be retained by a school district; establishes surplus funds for the 2024-2025 school year through the 2028-2029 school year shall mean any operating funds in excess of 8% of the current school year budget.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5987Creates the human cloning prohibition act which makes it unlawful for any person or entity, public or private, to intentionally or knowingly perform or attempt to perform human cloning; defines terms; makes exceptions; imposes penalties for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5936Authorizes additional forms of games of chance currency for certain games of chance licensees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6002Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of corrections and community supervision and the state board of pharmacy, to promulgate and implement rules and regulations authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and storage systems for distribution of prescription and non-prescription drugs and medical devices at certain facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6000Provides for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit to qualifying employees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5944Requires delivery safety training for those who make deliveries for online ordering and delivery platforms within a city with a population of one million or more before such persons can make a delivery.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5929Prohibits employment discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6010Relates 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 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5975Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of mental health, and the state board of pharmacy, to promulgate and implement rules and regulations authorizing the use of automated patient dispensing and storage systems for distribution of prescription and non-prescription drugs and medical devices in correctional facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5966Relates to requiring written notification by mortgagees commencing foreclosure actions on a multiple dwelling with ten or more units to the department of housing preservation and development to aid in the identification and improvements of at-risk properties.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5981Requires the Olympic regional development authority, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and division of human rights to develop an anti-bias and inclusion training to be completed by employees of such agencies annually.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6022Includes contests wherein participants select whether athletes, in the case of sporting events, shall accumulate more or less than a target score set by an operator, as an interactive fantasy sports contest; provides a definition for interactive fantasy sports gross revenue; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5977Enacts Paige's law to provide education and awareness regarding brain arteriovenous malformation and brain aneurysms, as well as information on being a potential carrier of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, thoracic aortic aneurysms, Marfan syndrome and related disorders and genetic testing for such conditions and disorders.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5993Permits certain minors to be employed as a referee, umpire or official at a youth sporting event; limits a minor 12 or 13 years of age to one youth sporting event per week.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6028Increases the personal needs allowance for residents of certain residential health care facilities from fifty-five dollars to one hundred dollars per month.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5938Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police employed by the city of New York, the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and localities within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6024Imposes an excise tax on the sale of ammunition to be deposited into the firearm violence intervention fund to help victims of and witnesses to violence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5939Relates to coverage of primary and preventive obstetric and gynecological care.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 5937Requires the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and the New York City Transit Authority establish a no fare program for the transportation of certain active duty, uniform police officers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5595Provides additional enforcement of housing maintenance code violations in the city of New York; requires the department of housing preservation and development to produce a list of owners/landlords with multiple violations; directs HPD to commence proceedings to be appointed as the administrator of buildings with multiple, longstanding violations; provides additional penalties.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5601Requires serial numbers to be engraved or stamped on all catalytic converters sold in New York state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 6007Authorizes certain business enterprise subcontractors who seek to do work with not-for-profit corporations to receive MWBE certification if certain criteria is met; imposes a $50,001 limit on the provision of such services or work; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6023Includes authorized internet entities in the information sex offenders are required to disclose upon registration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6025Exempts from jury duty prospective jurors who are age seventy-five or older who make a request to be exempt.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6035Provides specific authority to video stream live races to any New York licensed track or off-track betting corporation which accepts internet wagers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6017Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of games of chance for charitable purposes; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to operate games of chance; authorizes conducting of games of chance on Sundays; expands advertising of games of chance; eases certain restrictions on the conducting of bingo games for charitable purposes; expands the frequency upon which bingo games may be held; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to conduct bingo games; authorizes the conducting of bingo games on Sundays; expands advertising of bingo games.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5625Requires at least two licensed pharmacists to be on staff in a pharmacy during any period in which more than two hundred prescriptions are dispensed.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5628Establishes an agrivoltaic production tax credit for farmers who manage a farm operation that is situated wholly or in part within one or more qualified agrivoltaic facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5633Provides motor fuel tax exemption for sales of diesel motor fuel used in vessels used directly in a business providing sport fishing opportunities for hire to the general public from the tax on petroleum businesses and from sales and compensating use taxes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5617Provides for state reimbursement for lost tax revenue due to devaluation of land as a result of toxic contamination.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5629Provides that 32 hours shall constitute a legal week's work, with the exception of farm workers and certain other employees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5626Designates Water Street, Leroy Place, North Street, Plank Road, and South Street in the city of Newburgh as state highways.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5630Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree when such person commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and causes the death or serious physical injury of another person.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5632Implements a students' bill of rights for city university of New York institutions to guarantee certain rights to students at such institutions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5619Allows first responders who are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder to request line of duty sick leave.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5618Establishes the veterans' services organization capital support program to provide funding to eligible entities for payment of the capital costs of construction, improvement, repairs, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of facilities owned by eligible entities, and for the acquisition of related equipment with a useful life of not less than ten years; appropriates a sum of $10,000,000 therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5621Relates to prehospital emergency medical services for individuals in substance use recovery; requires policies, procedures, and protocols to be developed to identify individuals in substance use recovery and to avoid treatment that could compromise such individuals' recovery.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5627Designates Broadway and Lake Street in the city of Newburgh as state highways.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5620Exempts from the mortgage recording tax mortgages executed by a veteran first time homebuyer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6126Prohibits a city, town, village or of a joint water district from imposing certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on a property which uses private well water for its water supply; prohibits a city, town or village from imposing certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on a property which uses a septic system for treatment of waste water.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6081Directs 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 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6149Authorizes the town of Wawayanda to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6065Requires a weigh-in of all participants shall occur on the date of a combative sports event.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedS 5637Prohibits cannabis storefronts from being located within a quarter mile from any town, city or village which has opted out of permitting the sale of cannabis.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6142Requires state employees and the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, and members of the legislature attend annual implicit bias training provided by the legislative ethics commission.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6060Permits a waiver of the diligent effort requirement in limited circumstances for certain insurance coverage to be placed by licensed excess line brokers with unauthorized insurers where a retail producing insurance broker seeks to procure or place commercial lines insurance through an unaffiliated wholesale excess line insurance broker.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6109Relates to funds concerning state university health care facilities; prohibits the use of such funds for payment of certain debts related to a state university health care facility.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6052Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6151Establishes procedures for temporary custody orders that include a fifty-fifty rebuttable presumption that the parents shall have temporary joint legal and shared physical custody and shall share equal parenting time.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6072Requires funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover joint classroom instruction for such children with disabilities and other children for the same number of hours each day.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6099Authorizes licensing of bowling establishments to offer video gaming if structure allows for segregated areas from patrons under 21 years of age; entitles the operators of bowling establishments to vendor fees where video lottery terminals are located.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6172Eliminates the annual service charge on issuance of special number plates to veterans of the armed forces.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6058Grants real property tax exemption to disabled veterans regardless of whether they served during a "period of war".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedA 6094Exempts veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced
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