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S 1196Enacts the "automobile insurance consumer information act"; provides for automobile insurance consumer information and complaint ranking; creates office of public insurance consumer advocate and powers and duties therefor; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Joseph AddabboS 1178Enacts the credit for rural energy infrastructure act of 2025, to provide tax credits for certain activities expanding energy infrastructure into unserved rural areas.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Mario MatteraS 1231Relates to the creation of the New York farm to school and school garden fund; allows individuals to make a gift on their personal tax form for such fund; provides such fund will be used to establish school gardens and purchase equipment and educational materials to promote students' consumption of local products conducted in cooperation with the department of agriculture and markets.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayS 1184Designates sheriffs, under-sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the city of New York as police officers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1179Establishes the New York long term care trust program to provide long term care benefits for eligible residents who have paid the required premium contributions and are in need of assistance with at least two activities of daily living as determined by the department of health.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Shelley MayerS 1237Repeals the rebates for stock transfer tax paid; dedicates funds of the stock transfer tax fund and stock transfer incentive fund to various funds; establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 1229Establishes a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit at a rate of $1.25 per gallon, or $1.50 per gallon for sustainable aviation fuels made with domestically produced corn and/or soybeans; creates a certification process for aviation fuel as sustainable aviation fuel under NYSERDA; directs the NYS climate action council to incorporate the use of sustainable aviation fuel in its updated scoping plan.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedENVSen. Rachel MayS 1245Revokes community supervision for certain conduct involving kidnapping, coercion, firearms, dangerous weapons, and other conduct.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1199Relates to providing transportation for children with a disability; removes the requirement that a child attends the school the district is providing transportation to for the purpose of receiving services or programs similar to special educational programs recommended for such child by the local committee on special education.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1207Establishes competitive paperwork reduction project grants; provides that such grants may be included for calculations of government efficiency plans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James TediscoS 1182Prohibits the use of leg-gripping traps.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1216Relates to crisis intervention training for police officers in any city having a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCSen. Jamaal BaileyS 1210Requires the commissioner of education, in consultation with any appropriate agency, to develop and implement an expanded curriculum or instruction for school districts on the history of organized and unorganized labor in the United States.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayS 1214Relates to conducting a study on various approaches to increasing broadband access within this state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 1247Requires that when the state or an organization is attempting to convert land to public use in a municipality with a population of less than one million, a hearing shall be held in such municipality where such land is located to allow for public comment and input from neighbors; requires a ten day notice of such hearing to members of the community.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1198Limits co-payments for physical and occupational therapy services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1176Establishes certain protections related to the receipt of compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits matters, including penalties for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mario MatteraS 1217Provides that penalties may be levied against a person who intentionally withholds a housing accommodation from the market, including for the purpose of future co-operative conversion.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 1234Relates to the membership of the board of trustees of the state university of New York; reduces the number of trustees appointed by the governor from fifteen to ten; adds one trustee appointment by the speaker of the assembly, one by the temporary president of the senate, one by a majority vote of SUNY and CUNY staff, and two by a majority vote of SUNY alumni.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayS 1170Excludes persons who, not having entered a lease or license for such dwelling with the rightful owner, enters into a dwelling unit, onto real property or otherwise settles on land or occupies real property without title, right, permission of the rightful owner, or payment of rent accepted by the rightful owner from the definition of "occupant" for the purposes of unlawful eviction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mario MatteraS 1219Requires, in cities having a population of one million or more, supportive housing be disbursed throughout the boroughs of such city in proportion to the borough population.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 1251Establishes a task force to study the frequency and seriousness of violence that occurs on school grounds and the causes of such violence; and make recommendations on school safety in the state of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1249Increases the minimum insurance coverage requirements for motor vehicles rented or leased in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1255Relates to purchasing restrictions on persons boycotting Israel and the investment of certain public funds in companies boycotting Israel; requires the commissioner of general services to compile a list of companies boycotting Israel; establishes that such companies will be considered non-responsive bidders.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1252Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a hate crime when certain crimes are committed on, in or upon a house of worship.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPenalSen. Joseph AddabboS 1258Requires state office buildings to be in compliance with the greenhouse gas emissions limits established by the New York state climate leadership and community protection act three years before such limits apply statewide.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayS 1257Requires certain evidence or samples for DNA analysis to be accepted by the New York state police forensic investigation center from any firearm, rifle, shotgun, ammunition or magazine loading device when the sole charge is criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and criminal possession of a firearm.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patrick GallivanS 1266Establishes 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 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1254Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is a police officer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboS 1267Provides that a state employee whose position is eliminated for certain reasons and who is subsequently transferred to a different agency be entitled to the same hourly salary, retain all accrued sick leave, retain, cash out or use all accrued vacation time, and be paid relocation expenses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1256Prohibits the transfer of unexpended moneys from funds receiving moneys from a dedicated fee into any other fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patrick GallivanS 1260Provides that bags exempt from bag waste reduction shall not be tinted green or brown unless it is a compostable plastic bag.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayS 1263Prohibits the sale of certain hazardous inhalants to persons under the age of twenty-one.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1265Requires that all electronic tax preparation software offered for sale in the state of New York include a prompt providing a link to users of such software to a New York state voter registration application website.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1259Relates to permitting witness testimony before legislative committees via videoconferencing upon a request for reasonable accommodation by a witness and the demonstration by the witness of an inability to testify in-person.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayS 1262Establishes a five hundred dollar credit against income tax for nurses employed on a full-time basis for not less than six months and nurses teaching at institutions of higher education on and after January 1, 2026.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patrick GallivanS 1264Requires a mortgagor to provide notice of imminent foreclosure to their tenant or prospective tenant prior to renewing or signing a lease agreement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1288Commemorates the second Saturday in February to be known as "International Snowmobile Ride Day".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patrick GallivanA 1258Enacts the democracy preservation act; prohibits contributions by foreign-influenced business entities; requires certification.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedELNAsm. Latrice WalkerA 1162Provides voting membership to existing non-voting rider representatives on the MTA Board, provides for enhanced representation of MTA riders with disabilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 1259Authorizes physicians licensed in another state or territory of the United States to practice time-limited follow-up care via telehealth in NYS pursuant to a reciprocal agreement; requires annual authorization.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. Amy PaulinA 1251Increases the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the second degree and leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first degree; provides increased penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving a wheeled non-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the first and second degrees when the vehicle involved is a bicycle with an electric assist system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Rebecca SeawrightA 1196Provides that certain allegations made by employees involving employment discrimination shall be protected and matters of public interest in actions involving public petition and participation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1120Allows a judicial district convention to be conducted in whole or in part via video conference upon a minimum of seventy-two hours notice to the members of the respective committee by mail, an appropriately titled email, text or telephone call at an address or number expressly provided in writing for the purpose of receiving such notices.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedELNAsm. Amy PaulinS 1295Permits schools located within the state to purchase reduced fat or whole New York milk to provide or sell at such school.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloA 1270Requires the notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers when the supply rate increases by at least forty percent and to notify such customers of bill assistance programs by posting on the utility company's website.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Matthew SlaterA 1185Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide new e-bikes at reduced or no cost in exchange for used unsafe e-bikes to certain delivery service workers; provides eligibility requirements to receive a reduced or no-cost e-bike under such program; requires e-bikes provided pursuant to such program be certified for compliance with certain safety standards; requires NYSERDA to collaborate with relevant agencies to inform eligible individuals about such program; and requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Yudelka TapiaA 1159Designates offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes; designates making graffiti as a specified offense.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward RaA 1192Relates to an owner's policy of liability insurance; increases the limits for liability arising out of bodily injury to or death of any person.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonS 1312Requires at least one full-time licensed or certified social worker to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high school and senior high school throughout the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew GounardesA 1135Requires any American flag and New York state flag sold in New York state to be manufactured in the United States.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Angelo SantabarbaraA 1286Permits persons who have filed for asylum to work in New York State.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jenifer RajkumarA 1226Provides for the regulation of landfill methane gas control flares for the protection of raptors.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Deborah GlickA 1238Provides that an action to recover the amount of an overcharge based upon a mistake or billing error made by an electric, gas or telephone corporation must be commenced within ten years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Rebecca SeawrightA 1127Relates to notice to the commander of a military station of certain municipal actions that occur within 3000 feet of the property to be affected by the proposed action.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Angelo SantabarbaraA 1104Makes provisions regarding environmental benefit projects in lieu of civil penalties including establishing conditions for their acceptance and criteria for such projects; authorizes the attorney general to review and approve the settlement or administrative order.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Deborah GlickA 1164Requires stretch limousines to be retired from use after ten years from manufacture or the accumulation of three hundred fifty thousand miles, whichever comes first.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 1232Lowers the blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while intoxicated from .18 per centum to .12.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1172Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 1235Establishes an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program for medical and non-medical professionals to promote earlier identification of Alzheimer's and to provide information and other assistance in finding community support for caregivers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonS 1299Enacts the voter registration integrity act; requires a birth certificate, passport, certificate of naturalization or citizenship, evidence of New York state residency, or any other documentation that the board of elections determines establishes United States citizenship.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloS 1286Relates to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order; increases fines from $6,000 to $10,000 for initial violation and $12,000 to $20,000 for subsequent violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1308Requires assent of two-thirds of the members for any bill that enacts or increases tax revenues.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedLEGSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickA 1302Prohibits persons who are or have ever been foreign agents from holding public office and political party positions; defines "foreign agent".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Phil RamosS 1347Establishes a carbon dioxide emissions price for electric generation from carbon-based fuel; creates a carbon dioxide emissions fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 1228Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Rebecca SeawrightA 1150Establishes the small farm disaster recovery grant program; provides grants for the purchase and replanting of crops destroyed by natural disaster.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Angelo SantabarbaraA 1141Establishes the "health care information management act"; requires an annual report by the commissioner to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonS 1340Ensures the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in furtherance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; provides that vehicles carrying materials intended for the construction of any major renewable energy facility, including oversize and superload transport vehicles, shall be permitted to travel on the thruway and state highways, on any day of the week, including Saturday and Sunday.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 1102Establishes the governor's military council for purposes of growing and protecting major military activities in the state, to leverage such military activities into creating additional defense-related jobs, and to help local units of government improve the quality of life of members of the armed forces and their families in New York state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 1147Authorizes the commissioner of health to increase rates by 11 percent for in-person early intervention services commencing July 1, 2026.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBHAsm. Amy PaulinA 1125Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinS 1344Requires the department of education to establish an education for environmental sustainability program to teach children the importance of conserving and protecting our environment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 1144Requires kindergartens to operate full day programs in the 2027-2028 school year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 1215Enacts the "patient privacy protection act"; prohibits ex-parte interviews of other party's treating physicians or health care providers in personal injury, medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice, or wrongful death actions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 1155Prevents fees from being charged for the issuance of license plates where the vehicle has legible plates.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Angelo SantabarbaraA 1300Provides that any small property owner that owns twenty units or less shall be entitled to free legal services if such small property owner can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in a calendar year; defines "small property owner" as any lessor in a residential real property transaction, and includes an owner of twenty units or less who lists residential real property for lease with an agent, whether or not a lease results, or who receives an offer to lease twenty units of residential real property or less.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Clyde VanelA 1274Establishes the "Purple Star School Program" to assist military-connected students and to recognize the value of military service and civic responsibility.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Matthew SlaterS 1275Relates to adding additional objects which a person would be guilty of criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree if such person knowingly possesses or sells such objects.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patrick GallivanA 1283Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Latrice WalkerS 1302Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, for state lands in such town.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloA 1205Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and such person's functions, powers and duties; including, but not limited to, developing statewide artificial intelligence policies and governance, coordinating the activities of any and all state departments, boards, commissions, agencies and authorities performing any functions using artificial intelligence tools; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michaelle SolagesA 1136Establishes a moratorium on the placement of registered sex offenders by the office for people with developmental disabilities in residential placements for individuals with developmental disabilities; requires the office to study the dangers and effects of such placements and whether there are any other alternatives to such placements and to report to the governor and the legislature on its findings and recommendations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Angelo SantabarbaraS 1272Requires instruction in financial management for all students in grades four through eight.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboA 1236Relates to violations and a mandatory surcharge for parking in a bicycle lane which shall be paid to the clerk of the court of administrative tribunal that made the determination of liability.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1292Prohibits rental car companies and used car companies from renting, selling or leasing vehicles that have been recalled due to safety risks.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalA 1220Relates to supervision by certain nurse practitioners; makes certain provisions permanent relating to nurse practitioners.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 1107Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchases or otherwise receives such tissue, and to donor-conceived persons, if any, when such persons turn eighteen years of age or earlier upon consent of the recipient parent or guardian; defines terms; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 1112Requires the commissioner of health to establish regional minimum hourly base reimbursement rates for home care aides.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinS 1331Creates a revolving loan fund through the New York state energy research and development authority for the purpose of building renewable energy storage systems scaled to function as microgrids to power housing owned by the New York city housing authority.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 1271Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license when practicing and the required contents of such license, including at a minimum the licensee's name, license number and a non-removable photograph of such licensee.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph AddabboA 1166Requires the court to provide a range of at least three different dates and times for a person pleading not guilty to a traffic infraction to appear.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Phil RamosA 1151Authorizes the issuance of "I Support Music Education" distinctive plates and establishes the "I support music education" fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward RaA 1189Provides that bags exempt from bag waste reduction shall not be tinted green or brown unless it is a compostable plastic bag.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinS 1332Offers parental controls for internet services; allows the attorney general to bring a civil action against any internet provider that violates certain requirements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 1281Imposes a progressive income tax structure for high income taxpayers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Demond MeeksA 1243Establishes the building and fire code adherence tax credit which provides a tax credit to property owners who spend money to update a property to adhere to current applicable building and fire codes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Yudelka TapiaA 1108Provides for the licensing of pet grooming facilities; establishes standards of care and required record keeping.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 1119Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities; requires certain applicants for adult care facilities to provide an opportunity for public comment on the application.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Phara Souffrant ForrestA 1229Protects canids by requiring animals which could be coyotes or wolves be submitted for a genetic test to determine genetic makeup; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. 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