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25,444 bills · Page 191 of 255 · New York 2025–2026 Legislative Session · updated October 26, 2026

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S 6885Relates to providing water utilities with access to water quality infrastructure improvement funding.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 6904Provides that when a housing accommodation has been vacated after continuous tenancy or occupancy of ten years or more prior to vacancy, and the owner can demonstrate restoration of the unit, the new legal regulated rent shall be the rent agreed to by the owner and first tenant after such restoration and reserved in a lease or other rental agreement; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 6894Limits the number of certificates of registration that may be issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles to five total; provides that certificates issued prior to 1/1/25 shall not be eligible for renewal.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia FahyS 6907Clarifies certain provisions related to prohibiting plastic carryout bags.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 6914Establishes the rental assistance payment standard pilot program where the owner of a housing accommodation shall be entitled to charge and collect a rent equal to the maximum amount that the rental assistance program prescribes for like housing accommodations, subject to rent reasonableness calculations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 6906Relates to the content of rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of State with respect to minimum staffing levels for agencies enforcing the minimum standards under the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 6916Increases the maximum compensation for commissioners of improvement districts from one hundred to one hundred twenty dollars per day.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jack MartinsS 6915Establishes the "reciprocal enforcement of claims on unpaid or reduced state entitlements act" which requires a report on delinquent funds owed to the state by the federal government as a result of the federal government's nonpayment in contravention of a court decision and the withholding and appropriation of federal funds in an amount equal to.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica RamosS 6893Requires every school district to conduct a transition feasibility analysis within the next succeeding school year as of the effective date of this act, and every five years thereafter, to determine the feasibility of using zero-emission school buses on current routes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Patricia FahyS 6900Permits schools located within the state to purchase reduced fat or whole New York milk to provide or sell at such school; defines New York milk as raw milk produced by milking cows within the state, transported to a dairy processing center within the state, and processed as fluid milk into containers intended for distribution to consumers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Michelle HincheyA 7426Extends the time where certain entities can provide fiscal intermediary services to July 1, 2025.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Josh JensenS 6901Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Julia SalazarS 6908Enacts the beekeeping rights act to prohibit homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of an apiary.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 6899Establishes central depository databases at the state and county levels for governmental real property transaction records and data.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jeremy CooneyS 6940Relates to certain contracts regarding bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6951Prohibits sex offenders from operating automobiles participating in mobile application based transportation networks or being employed by such transportation networks.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6944Establishes the offenses of phishing in the third degree, phishing in the second degree and phishing in the first degree; relates to the time in which prosecution of such offenses must be commenced.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPenalSen. Andrew LanzaS 6945Increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients from $3,400 to $5,500.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6947Authorizes the removal from a teacher's classroom of a violent pupil; establishes that such pupil shall only return to the classroom with the consent of the teacher if the pupil committed an act of violence against a teacher.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6937Provides for patient access to FDA approved abuse-deterrent technology to help combat opioid abuse.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6948Establishes the John J. Marchi government studies scholarship program for CUNY students enrolled in government or government related studies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6950Requires certain procedures for charter school students facing suspension; makes such procedures consistent with other schools.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6933Relates to exemptions from sales and use tax for books, candy, pictures, posters, trinkets, or any item containing a logo, collectable or seasonal item sold at a book fair or program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Andrew LanzaS 6935Prohibits municipalities from transferring primary investigating authority of vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death from the police to a non-law enforcement agency.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6949Prohibits the expenditure of state, local and public authority moneys relating to any civilian criminal trial of enemy combatants for acts of terrorism in any federal court in the state of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6958Enacts the New York fair housing act to require municipalities to take affirmative steps to address the creation and maintenance of affordable housing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 6938Allows for paratransit eligible for paratransit eligible individuals who are at least eighty years old, to be required only to present correspondence from a licensed physician, dated within the preceding thirty days, indicating that the paratransit service is still necessary for the individual to make a single application for paratransit services; provides that once approved, such individuals shall be exempt from all certification requirements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6943Provides for the continuation of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6934Includes the Sandy Ground community, the oldest continuously inhabited free black settlement in the United States, in the education curriculum.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6932Relates to hate crimes, as defined in article four hundred eighty-five of the penal law, and bail eligibility.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6936Expedites actions involving insurance claims for damages resulting from a state disaster emergency; sets time frames.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6941Requires a public hearing before procurements valued over one hundred thousand dollars are made overseas by public authorities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6942Requires heart examinations for public school students and a statement on whether the student is fit to participate in physical education or other athletic activities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6939Relates to collective employment negotiations, notice of the issuance of debt and capital plans and projects of the port authority of New York and New Jersey.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6957Authorizes the department of health to implement a community food security, empowerment and economic development program (SEED) to help meet the food needs of low-income people and promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm and nutrition issues; provides grants for the cost of program projects which will be available to non-profit organizations and local governments, with limited partnership with for-profit enterprises; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 6960Establishes the commission on public safety, emergency preparedness, and mental health.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 6946Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBHSen. Andrew LanzaS 6974Permits public schools to utilize or display indigenous names.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Bill WeberS 6963Provides for the registration and regulation of pet groomers; establishes standards of care, training and testing; provides such applicant must be at least eighteen years of age.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6961Permits the commissioner of education to include graduate programs as programs eligible for approval under the state tuition assistance program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6979Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Babylon, county of Suffolk, to "De La Soul".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Monica MartinezS 6969Authorizes the operation of historical horse racing; provides for the payment distribution of all pari-mutuel handle derived from historical horse racing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboA 7440Prohibits the transfer of unexpended moneys from funds receiving moneys from a dedicated fee into any other fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6992Exempts baby bottles and bottle nipples from sales and compensating use tax.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 6966Provides for a tax credit for a certain amount of money expended on the care of a qualifying disabled child.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Andrew LanzaA 7438Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6967Directs the commissioner of the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations promoting recovery from opioid misuse and reducing diversion of addiction medicines.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaA 7439Increases width and weight of the description specifics for an all terrain vehicle.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6964Provides that when the governor declares a weather related state of emergency in a city having a population of one million or more, all public and private elementary and secondary schools shall be closed and remain closed until such emergency is terminated.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaA 7441Authorizes the abatement of real property taxes in certain cases of catastrophic loss; establishes procedures therefor; limits eligibility to one, two, or three family houses; applies to all municipal and school taxes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6968Removes the tax exempt status of not-for-profit corporations for convictions of criminal facilitation of the organization or its officers, members or employees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 6994Exempts breast pumps and breast pump kits from sales and compensating use taxes; defines terms.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudA 7433Provides for preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for service related disabled veterans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6984Corrects a reference to the applicable tax assessment roll for a tax exemption granted to the Ruth AME Zion Church in the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Dean MurrayA 7435Relates to providing a space on a certificate of title for an owner to designate a beneficiary to whom the vehicle shall be transferred upon the death of the owner.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyA 7434Establishes the crimes of vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter in an active work zone and intrusion into an active work zone.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6981Provides for state aid for home health care and hospice services to meet community need.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Lea WebbS 6989Establishes alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for every non-seasonally appointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation, which shall mean a person who serves on a full-time basis in the title of forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university of police officers whose date of membership is prior to January first, two thousand ten.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 6965Relates to license fees per barrel of petroleum shipped through the state for use outside the state by facilities within 1 mile of a similar facility in another state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedNAVSen. Andrew LanzaA 7430Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyA 7436Provides that a person is guilty of harassment in the first degree, a class B misdemeanor, when such person strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects a school employee to physical contact or attempts or threatens to do the same while such school employee is engaged in the performance of such person's duties as a school employee.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPenalAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6971Relates to actions upon a subordinate bond or note; provides a statute of limitations for such actions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Brian KavanaghS 6993Exempts infant car seats from sales and compensating use tax.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Roxanne PersaudA 7432Provides that each fire district, department or company required to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits for volunteer fire fighters pursuant to section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law shall be entitled to reimbursement by the state for payments made in order to obtain the insurance coverage necessary to satisfy the requirements of section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6973Requires employers to offer paid leave of absence to veterans on Veterans' day, except for emergency or critical employees, who shall be offered another day of paid leave.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Bill WeberS 6962Requires the justice center to establish procedures for when to report incidents which include suspicious and unexplained injuries including broken bones, hematomas, open wounds beyond minor first aid, black eyes, swollen noses, extreme and questionable bruising, choke marks, burns, individuals found unresponsive and all deaths to a 9-1-1 operator.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaA 7437Relates to building new one-family residential construction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Stephen HawleyS 6986Establishes the crimes of assault on a child protective services worker, aggravated assault on a child protective services worker and menacing a child protective services worker.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 6999Enacts the "Supervising Upcoming Professionals for Practice in Official Roles in Therapy (SUPPORT) act"; provides that for licensure as a clinical social worker, an applicant may satisfy the experience requirements under supervision of a mental health practitioner who has been granted the privilege to diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment plans under article one hundred sixty-three of the education law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Toby Ann StaviskyS 7002Designates a portion of interstate eighty-seven as the "General Colin Powell Thruway".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaS 7003Authorizes the state liquor authority to issue licenses to new premises for the sale of liquor where such premises is located within two hundred feet of a place of worship and such place of worship has given approval, or where three or more such premises exist in counties of a certain population.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaS 7023Increases the age of eligibility for provisional or permanent appointment of certain police officers from thirty-five to forty.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoA 7466Requires defense and indemnification of public officers and employees in certain cities; repeals provisions relating to the right of security against unreasonable search and seizure.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Lester ChangS 7012Requires health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression, unless refused by the birth mother, within the first six weeks of birth and that such screening be covered by insurance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonA 7477Allows chief executive officer of city of Yonkers to designate an agency on aging for purposes of county plans under community services for the elderly program (1965 federal older Americans act).New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. James PretlowA 7445Relates to the purchase of community land mortgages; defines a community land mortgage as a mortgage that is secured by a first lien on a leasehold estate in real property that is improved by a residential structure wherein title to the real property is retained by a not-for-profit housing company or housing development fund company; authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase community land mortgages from banks within the state; ensures not-for-profit housing remains as affordable housing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael NovakhovS 7015Authorizes crimes committed by members of street gangs or a criminal enterprise to be eligible for bail.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickS 7016Includes any parent or parent of a minor who cares for such minor child with an intellectual or developmental disability within the health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickA 7458Creates the crime of related use of a lethal or explosive device; provides for additional 10 years imprisonment for certain crimes where a lethal or explosive device is used; permits exemption from such additional sentence when the defendant provides court with the source of such lethal or explosive device.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Charles LavineS 7010Adds employees of the office of children and family services to the list of public employees for which prevention of duties constitutes assault in the second degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoA 7486Exempts certain dry cleaning equipment or machinery certified by the department of environmental conservation from sales and use taxes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward BraunsteinS 7017Provides that defendants who are subject to electronic location monitoring are not considered confined or in the custody of the sheriffNew York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickS 7022Establishes the crime of making a threat of mass violence; relates to the amount of a fine imposed for the commission of a felony.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoA 7493Establishes crime of aggravated criminal conduct to provide more severe penalties for persons who have committed 3 or more qualifying misdemeanors or felonies within ten years of the present class A misdemeanor offense.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. James PretlowA 7460Permits courts to remand a principal to the custody of the sheriff for felony offenses involving the possession of firearms and weapons.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Charles LavineA 7503Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue and remove the Yonkers toll plaza on the New York state thruway.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. James PretlowS 7026Expands eligibility for participation in the pre-licensing course internet pilot program; extends such provisions of law from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2030.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jeremy CooneyA 7462Permits additional damages recoverable for the use of a deadly weapon resulting in death.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Charles LavineA 7491Makes provisions with respect to affordable housing within the city of Yonkers; provides funds of twenty-five thousand dollars in the affordable housing development account for new construction of affordable housing within the city of Yonkers and acquisition of existing housing stock cooperatives, condominiums and fee simple multi-family housing where appropriate.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. James PretlowA 7470Includes mixed residential and commercial property within the provisions of the affordable home ownership development program thus authorizing the affordable housing corporation to fund the construction or rehabilitation of housing that also contains a commercial retailing business.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael NovakhovA 7501Adds tianeptine sodium to list of Schedule II of controlled substances.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward BraunsteinA 7499Provides that non-payment of New York city taxes shall be a prima facie finding that a housing accommodation subject to the emergency housing rent control act is not a person's primary residence as claimed by the delinquent taxpayer and non-payment of NYS taxes shall be a prima facie finding that a housing accommodation subject to the emergency tenant protection act of 1974 is not a person's primary residence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael NovakhovA 7483Requires the superintendent of state police to investigate accusations of police misconduct filed against town or village police.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. James PretlowA 7485Authorizes community colleges offering an associates degree program in nursing to offer a four-year bachelor degree program in nursing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. James PretlowA 7496Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jessica González-RojasA 7474Requires a driver approaching stationary emergency vehicles, tow or recovery trucks, or highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights to switch lanes or reduce the speed of the driver's vehicle, and be prepared to stop the vehicle; institutes a fine for failing to move over or slow down.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. James PretlowA 7457Authorizes the sale of non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic beverages by licensees and wholesalers; defines non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic beverages.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Al StirpeS 7021Establishes a retirement service credit for volunteer fire or emergency service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Chris RyanA 7500Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcoholic beverages within 1000 feet of schools or playgrounds; defines "billboard".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. James PretlowA 7471Grants David M. Sturtz retroactive retirement service credit.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Pamela Hunter

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