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25,444 bills · Page 186 of 255 · New York 2025–2026 Legislative Session · updated October 26, 2026

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A 6976Extends the metropolitan transportation authority's half fare rate program to persons receiving benefits from the supplemental nutrition assistance program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Steven RagaA 6922Requires section 8 voucher holders to be provided notice of their legal protections from source of income discrimination; requires online housing platforms operating in the state to display notices of rights against source of income discrimination; makes related provisions; provides for penalties for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Yudelka TapiaA 6937Requires all withdrawal transactions made through a service provided by a mobile sports wagering licensee to be irreversible by the withdrawing consumer, the licensee or another at the consumer's request.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Clyde VanelA 6947Provides for interim appointments to the state board of parole during adjournments of the senate.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Erik DilanA 6965Removes requirements that a parent, guardian or person and the minor remain at ground level at all times while deer hunting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Patrick ChludzinskiA 6978Increases the amount of money a public retirement system retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2026 and thereafter to $50,000.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Charles FallA 7023Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for items necessary for the care and safety of an infant or small child, including, but not limited to strollers, car seats, infant and toddler mattresses, and cribs and to allowing the city of New York to opt out of such tax exemption as applied to local taxes by passing a resolution.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXAsm. Paul BolognaA 6984Establishes a six thousand dollar property tax exemption for certain disabled veterans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Carrie WoernerA 7020Fixes the maximum interest rate for credit cards issued or used in this state at 10%.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Doug SmithA 6925Enacts the "NYCHA - innovating neighborhoods through viable efficient solutions for tenants act" which provides funding to NYCHA to rehabilitate vacant units.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Khaleel AndersonA 7002Prohibits or limits certain tax exemptions for real property in instances where a pattern or practice of discrimination against occupants has been found based on such occupants' lawful source of income.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Yudelka TapiaA 6913Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons licensed as cosmetologists.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. John ZaccaroA 6920Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's caste in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCAsm. Steven RagaA 7015Relates 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 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Phara Souffrant ForrestS 6622Authorizes school districts to establish reserve funds for special services or programs upon approval by the board of education of such district in an amount not to exceed 10% of other reserve funds of the district.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Mark WalczykA 6941Provides that no person shall be precluded from being deemed a "prospective relative guardian" based on whether such person's relationship with the child was established before or after such child's placement into foster care.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Yudelka TapiaA 6919Provides that dental insurance coverage shall include coverage for night guards; defines dental night guards; provides that dental night guards shall be covered under Medicaid.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCAsm. Carrie WoernerA 7025Requires lead testing of children participating in the WIC program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Sarah ClarkA 6970Establishes the offense of aggravated reckless driving which involves harm to an identifiable person or property; makes such offense bail-eligible.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Charles LavineA 7028Enacts the "in-route safety inspection for motor coach vehicles act"; establishes a framework for mandatory in-route inspections for motor coach vehicles carrying 16 or more passengers to reduce the risk of accidents and enhance operational oversight.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 7005Eliminates the requirement that a driver's license, professional license or recreational license be suspended for failing to pay child support.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Chantel JacksonA 6906Creates the office of expungement within the division of criminal justice services to oversee the sealing and expungement of certain convictions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Khaleel AndersonA 6991Relates to establishing the New York state federal relations office in Washington, DC; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Landon DaisS 6624Provides tax credits equal to the cost of the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter OberackerA 6929Requires the state liquor authority to provide notice to state legislative representatives upon receipt of an application for a liquor license in their district.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. John ZaccaroA 7024Exempts retired judges from the crime of criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Patrick ChludzinskiA 7018Allows statements by police officers to be evidence of sex trafficking.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLAsm. Michael TannousisA 6980Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to publish certain information pertaining to capital project data for projects that are committed for construction on the capital program dashboard maintained by the authority on the authority's website; requires sources of funding to be specified.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Robert CarrollA 6934Enacts the "Gold Star Families Support Act"; provides a member of a Gold Star family with state paid health insurance; removes provisions relating to veterans with disabilities; expands employment of veterans to employment of veterans and members of a Gold Star family; establishes the Gold Star family tuition fund to be distributed to any public or private educational institution from grades pre-K through graduate and post-graduate school shall be deposited with any school providing free tuition to a member of a Gold Star family; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. Ari BrownA 7036Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster; requires explicit inclusion of air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans with an action plan and annual inventory of air quality emergency resources.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCAsm. Jessica González-RojasS 6628Prohibits the city school district from reimbursing charter schools for leasing a privately owned or other publicly owned facility; prohibits charter school employee contracts from including a non-disclosure agreement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Robert JacksonS 6631Provides for cost-of-living adjustments; provides that the base benefit amount shall be increased annually by reference to the consumer price index for each applicable calendar year beginning on September 1, 2025.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 6646Provides that statements made by minor defendants as a result of deception by law enforcement during custodial interrogation are inadmissible.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLSen. James SandersS 6649Exempts certain non-profit car-sharing organizations from the supplemental tax on passenger car rentals outside of the metropolitan commuter transportation district.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Lea WebbS 6644Provides for remedies for trademark dilution; allows the court, in its discretion, to enter judgment for an amount of three times such profits and damages and/or reasonable attorneys' fees of the prevailing party.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 6642Establishes the New York state commission to end mass incarceration and to prevent violence; provides such commission shall investigate, evaluate and make recommendations concerning how to reduce the New York prison population, incidences of violent crime in New York state, and other various topics related to the criminal justice system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 6630Provides for increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 6647Enacts "Lamont Dottin's Law"; relates to reporting duties with respect to missing children and adults; establishes uniform standards for searching for missing persons; expands state databanks to approach not only the problem of missing children but missing adults as well; requires police departments to establish a trained missing person specialist.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 6654Creates a volunteer firefighter training fund; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoS 6635Imposes an additional two percent sales tax on retail sales of motor vehicles over $70,000, excluding commercial vehicles and electric vehicles, jewelry over $5,000 and articles of clothing, footwear, handbags, luggage, umbrellas, wallets or watches sold for over $1,000; provides that such tax shall be distributed equally to the credit of the state university of New York and the city university of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Robert JacksonS 6632Requires the city of New York to consult with the community board of the district and all local elected officials where a proposed homeless shelter or use of commercial hotel space to shelter homeless individuals shall be located, at least three hundred sixty-five days beforehand.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 6645Relates to permitting students made homeless by an act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend the school district in which they resided for two school years after the event.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 6656Provides for electronic court appearance in a criminal action, anywhere in the state, at the discretion of the court having jurisdiction of the defendant; provides that the defendant must, after consultation with counsel, consent on the record; provides that the chief administrator of the courts must first approve the use of such electronic appearance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoS 6643Relates to the distribution of food stamp applications to emergency feeding programs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 6629Prohibits any employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency, or employees or agents thereof, to seek high school, college or graduate program graduation dates from a prospective employee for an interview or as a condition for employment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCSen. Robert JacksonS 6648Enacts the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation act which requires businesses who have increased their profits due to the outbreak of COVID-19 to deposit five percent of gross profits into a fund to be used by the COVID-19 essential workers appreciation task force to make awards to essential employees and families of essential employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 6652Relates to the practice of natural hair care and braiding; creates an apprenticeship in such area; makes conforming technical changes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedGBSSen. Lea WebbS 6651Directs the development of a demonstration program to authorize individuals aged sixteen and seventeen to be consumer directed personal assistants.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Lea WebbS 6657Increases the weight of certain trailers and semi-trailers driven on public highways from one thousand pounds to one thousand five hundred pounds.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoS 6637Establishes certain rights and remedies for employees who are wrongfully discharged; establishes remedies for wrongful discharge; allows an employee or employer to make a written offer to arbitrate a dispute covered under this act; defines terms.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 6633Relates to establishing commercial rent regulation; establishes a right to renew leases and authorizes the rent guidelines board to establish maximum rents.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 6634Prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals based on such individual's status as a caregiver.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCSen. Robert JacksonS 6666Relates to the liability of landowners who permit recreational uses of their land; establishes landowners owe no duty to keep premises safe for entry, passage over premises or other recreational uses or to give warning of any hazardous condition or use of or structure or activity on such premises to persons entering for such purposes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Michelle HincheyS 6675Requires insurance coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Cordell CleareS 6663Withholds the salary of the governor and members of the legislature if the budget is late until final ratification of the budget; forfeits withheld salary.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSTFSen. Joseph GriffoS 6659Increases penalties for individuals or companies who engage in the business of cashing checks, drafts or money orders for consideration without a license; makes such violation a class E felony; provides for a fine of $2,500 for each transaction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoS 6676Establishes a committee to study the feasibility of funding a kindergarten to college/career ready program and a universal college savings account.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6660Establishes the failure to pass act restricting driving in a passing lane without overtaking or passing a vehicle and sets penalties for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoS 6682Requires diaper changing accommodations be made available to all persons regardless of gender in certain buildings.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6677Provides for the establishment of a method for determining the lowest responsible bidder when negotiating state contracts that would incorporate quantifiable fiscal benefits.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter OberackerS 6667Establishes the New York state energy storage siting task force to review the findings and recommendations of the Inter-Agency Fire Safety Working Group, summarize other current data and research and provide recommendations including any recommendations for where more data may be required.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 6684Preserves the right to a jury trial for actions commenced pursuant to a human rights law that include a demand for equitable relief.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6687Relates to witnesses to a health care proxy; changes the witness requirement for the health care proxy from two adult witnesses to one adult witness; makes an exception for persons who reside in mental health facilities by requiring such persons to have two adult witnesses; includes falsely making or altering a health care proxy within the crime of forgery in the second degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareA 7039Relates to project applications and advisory opinions of the public authorities control board; requires that any application made concerning a proposed project involving a loan, to the extent practicable, shall include the terms, conditions and dates of the repayment of state appropriations; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward BraunsteinS 6658Establishes the crime of committing an offense while impersonating a police officer or peace officer when they commit a specified offense and during the course of such specified offense either pretends to be a police or peace officer; establishes the criminal sanction for committing such a crime depends on the specified offense that was being committed.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoS 6668Relates to purchases of food products for school meals from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors; prohibits sale of school foods containing certain synthetic color additives; establishes a "healthy kitchens, healthy schools program" to provide grants for kitchen upgrades; prohibits school meals from containing more than 25 grams of added sugars per day, in aggregate.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mark WalczykS 6686Requires pre-admission notification of policies authorizing the refusal to follow directives in health care proxies that are contrary to a hospital's operating principles.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6661Establishes the "New York state veterans cemetery act"; directs the division to conduct an investigation and study on the issue of the establishment of a New York state veterans cemetery funding program.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseSen. Joseph GriffoS 6680Prohibits the use of residential automatic pesticide misting systems.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6681Relates to implementation of sexual harassment prevention and response policies and procedures by colleges and universities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6678Incorporates art and music into prekindergarten programs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6672Relates to alternative project delivery contracts for certain construction projects by housing authorities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6683Requires information on resources for domestic violence and human trafficking victims to be posted in public restrooms and other areas of public buildings which shall be deemed appropriate by the office and task force on human trafficking.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6662Relates to assaults on medical providers and employees and volunteers of hospitals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoS 6679Requires nursing homes that maintain a trust fund or funds into which residents' money is deposited to conduct quarterly audits and to report the findings of such audits to the commissioner of public health.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6674Enacts the "New York state green new deal for public housing act", which commissions a study to assist the state of New York in reaching its climate goals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 6696Allows the state and city university of New York system to offer college credits to prospective students based on such prospective student's performance on the regents examinations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Stephen ChanS 6689Extends the time where certain entities can provide fiscal intermediary services to July 1, 2025.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patrick GallivanS 6694Authorizes minimum wage to be paid for all time in excess of one hour in which an employee is not at work during a split shift.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedLaborSen. Robert JacksonS 6695Prohibits predatory automated teller machine fees at casinos and colleges.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 6704Relates to waiving the state's eleventh amendment sovereign immunity for certain violations of federal civil rights law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 6697Relates 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 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 6703Authorizes holders of certain licenses issued by the state liquor authority to engage in the sale or wholesale of ready-to-drink cocktails; corrects certain provisions regarding sale of mead and cider.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedABCSen. Robert JacksonA 7049Enacts "Jeremiah's law"; establishes the offense of filing a false report concerning a minor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynA 7073Grants retroactive retirement membership in the New York state teachers' retirement system to Eileen Saumell.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jarett GandolfoS 6725Establishes the advanced coursework expansion incentive grant program to school districts who offer advanced courses to economically disadvantaged students.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyA 7069Provides for the disqualification of a surviving spouse if the marriage is annulled or voided after the death of the spouse.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward BraunsteinS 6719Relates to determinations of appropriate educational programs for certain students in a school district in a city having a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonA 7041Requires all trains and stations operated by the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company have automated external defibrillators as part of their medical emergency services program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Keith BrownS 6709Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Bill WeberS 6707Discontinues service fees for distinctive license plates issued to veterans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Bill WeberA 7056Authorizes the department of public service to develop, implement, administer and operate a temporary middle income home energy assistance program; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynA 7043Prohibits the New York state environmental facilities corporation from entering into contracts, leases or other agreements with entities that are not compliant with the requirements of article five-A of the general municipal law regarding participation by minority- and women-owned businesses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBAAsm. Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynA 7052Establishes the incontinence supplies insurance program for Medicaid beneficiaries who are also residents of the state of New York and obtain a note from a physician indicating a need for an item.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jaime WilliamsA 7058Provides for the licensing and regulation of the practice of neurofeedback therapy; defines practice of neurofeedback therapy; establishes state board of neurofeedback therapy and the requirements to qualify for a license as a neurofeedback therapist.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. James PretlowS 6706Relates to providing a tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers in a county with a population of more than 250,000 and less than 500,000 persons.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Bill WeberS 6715Relates to owner liability for failure of operator to stop at a stop sign or yield for a pedestrian as required by law in any municipality in the counties of Monroe and Onondaga; provides that such demonstration program shall empower such municipality to install and operate stop sign and pedestrian crossing photo violation monitoring systems which may be stationary or mobile, and which may be installed within the boundaries of such municipality; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBOSen. Jeremy CooneyS 6726Relates to additional credit allowed veterans in competitive examinations; expands the definition of "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" to include the spouse and/or children of a member of the armed forces of the United States who served therein in time of war and was subsequently killed in the line of duty.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Bill WeberS 6716Relates to the distribution of fire insurance premium taxes; provides that a percentage of fire insurance premium taxes be paid to the treasurer of the NYS Professional Firefighters Association to promote, support and maintain the well-being of paid professional firefighters employed in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonA 7060Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants or loans for the costs related to enabling switching residences with propane or fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Dana Levenberg

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