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A 1452Prohibits the acquisition of real property by foreign countries and entities of particular concern as well as citizens, companies, entities, and members of such countries and entities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Matthew SlaterA 1405Relates to establishing gang court pilot programs in the counties of Orange, Nassau, and Suffolk.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Phil RamosA 1323Prohibits deceptive rate advertising for certain accommodations; requires advertised rates to be inclusive of all taxes and automatic fees; requires the non-inclusive rate, and an itemized list of taxes and automatic fees to be provided to the consumer prior to a person finalizing their purchase.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Clyde VanelA 1359Requires the commissioner of health to set rates of payment for medical assistance for needy persons to reflect more current base year information.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBHAsm. Amy PaulinS 1394Provides for the review of unfunded mandates; provides that the comptroller shall provide a fiscal note for unfunded mandates affecting political subdivisions; directs a continuing study.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickA 1434Creates an excise tax on the collection of consumer data by commercial data collectors.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward BraunsteinS 1416Requires an equal distribution of legislative staff and appropriations to be made among all members of the legislature; provides for additional funds and staff for members in special capacities as long as such additional staff does not deal with constituent services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James TediscoA 1307Removes the weight and height restrictions on vehicles traveling south on the route from the Ogdensburg bridge to the Port of Ogdensburg.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayS 1442Increases the tax exemption amount on clothing and apparel items from one hundred ten dollars to two hundred fifty dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloA 1400Includes books assigned by a college or university professor as required reading within the sales tax exemption which is in effect for textbooks.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzS 1367Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoA 1384Enacts "Jessica Lunsford act" relating to enhancing the class A-II felony of predatory sexual assault against a child by expanding the acts to which such offense applies; establishes a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life term of imprisonment; requires electronic monitoring of incarcerated individuals upon release from prison.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Matthew SlaterA 1244Establishes the New York state higher education debt consolidation and refinancing program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonS 1379Requires the natural heritage trust to invest in funds pursuant to the prudent investor act; requires such trust's annual report to be submitted to the chairperson of the senate cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation committee and the chairperson of the assembly tourism, parks, arts and sports development committee.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoA 1386Establishes the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program for counties, cities, towns, villages and school districts; provides such provisions shall remain in effect for 3 years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 1373Increases the amount of residential solar tax credits.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Latrice WalkerA 1437Enacts the "criminal forfeiture process act" to replace the process for the criminal forfeiture of certain property in certain instances.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Pamela HunterS 1426Directs the department of financial services to periodically inspect residential real properties for which a lender has a duty to maintain; authorizes the department of financial services or the municipality to impose a $500 a day civil penalty for the failure of a lender to maintain an abandoned property that it has a duty to maintain; requires such lenders to register with the statewide vacant and abandoned property electronic registry.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. John LiuA 1315Authorizes the fingerprinting of employees of informal child care providers; defines terms; provides that an informal child care provider means a program in a facility, other than a residence, in which child care is provided on a regular basis and is not required to be licensed by or registered with the office or licensed by the city of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 1317Relates to allowing prescriptions for controlled substances that are normally restricted to a thirty-day supply to be issued for greater than a thirty-day supply during a state of emergency.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1456Provides for notice requirements where an insurer authorized to write accident and health insurance in this state, a corporation organized pursuant to article forty-three of this chapter, or a health maintenance organization certified pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law uses artificial intelligence-based algorithms in the utilization review process.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Pamela HunterA 1289Prohibits employers from asking job applicants about salary expectations; allows job applicants to request the included benefits for the position they are applying for.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Sarah ClarkS 1436Relates to paid sick leave provided by employers with full-time employee equivalents.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloS 1359Creates the "Dignity for Immigrants in New York State Act", prohibiting detention of individuals based only on the violation of federal immigration laws.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoS 1395Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis; provides that the division shall mail a verification form to each registered sex offender on a different random date during each six month period of the calendar year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickS 1420Limits the reimbursement rate paid by the city school district to a charter school for charter school facilities expansion in a city school district located in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants by changing "actual rental costs" to "reasonable rental costs"; defines "reasonable rental costs".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. John LiuA 1449Requires that all candidates for elected local, state or federal office shall be required to caption any video advertisement which is viewed by the general public.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jen LunsfordA 1435Requires all text-books approved by this article to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward BraunsteinS 1391Authorizes a study of the traffic conditions in the incorporated village of Cedarhurst and its immediate boundaries, thoroughfares, county and state roads.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickA 1308Relates to establishing and funding the universal basic income pilot program; requires the comptroller to establish a universal basic income pilot program to provide 10,000 participants with income of $7,200 for individuals or $14,400 for couples per year for two years; establishes participant criteria; requires a study on the program one year after its conclusion; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Demond MeeksA 1279Exempts aid derived from funding from childcare stabilization grants, childcare desert funding, or other non-recurring funding, issued by the office of children and family services to childcare providers from income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Sarah ClarkS 1365Requires an arresting authority to notify the local social services district when the parent, legal guardian or care-giver of a minor is arrested or taken into custody; requires the local social services district to monitor the placement of such minor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoS 1401Enacts the "police and peace officer licensing act", which includes continuing education programs for new and current police and peace officers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 1389Provides for the immediate enforcement of securing orders through issuance of a bench warrant when a defendant fails to appear for a scheduled appearance; removes 48 hour notice requirement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickA 1394Creates a joint committee to provide oversight on unemployment insurance; authorizes the department of labor to conduct a study on how to improve unemployment insurance in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Phara Souffrant ForrestA 1340Expands the types of batteries included in the rechargeable battery recycling program to include certain car batteries and requires consumers to pay a five dollar incentive payment when purchasing a new rechargeable battery if the consumer does not return an old rechargeable battery for recycling.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Chris EachusA 1304Requires each retail sale of nitric acid to be recorded by the seller thereof; provides that such record shall include the photographic identification number, telephone number and address of the purchaser; provides for the secure storage of nitric acid by retailers, schools and institutions of higher education; makes the violation of such provisions a class A misdemeanor; establishes the class D felony of disseminating material on the manufacture of an explosive for using a computer network to disseminate information on how to make an explosive out of nitric acid.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Phil RamosA 1344Establishes a tort cause of action for the wrongful injury or death of a companion animal; provides for compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive relief and three year statute of limitations on commencement of such an action.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Deborah GlickA 1380Establishes the interagency task force on health literacy, to study health literacy and develop recommendations for improving health literacy in this state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1432Relates to codifying animal cruelty laws under the penal law; makes conforming technical changes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalA 1419Requires notice of enforcement of a lien on goods in a self-storage facility to be sent to an emergency contact designated by the occupant in a manner similar to the occupant; requires notice to update information on occupancy agreement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedLIEAsm. Linda RosenthalS 1361Establishes the crime of disruption of an online public meeting when a person with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, without lawful authority, and acting through a computer service, such person disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons open to the public conducted through a computer service; makes such crime a class B misdemeanor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoA 1389Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles, in consultation with the commissioner of education, to promulgate rules and regulations to implement GPS and an emergency communications system on school buses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1332Creates a state office of algorithmic innovation to set policies and standards to ensure algorithms are safe, effective, fair, and ethical, and that the state is conducive to promoting algorithmic innovation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jenifer RajkumarA 1339Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program to provide funding to retail food stores that fail inspections to correct deficiencies if such stores are unable to sustain the costs to immediately correct critical deficiencies, are located in food deserts, and would otherwise be unable to stay in operation due to their inability to meet and maintain sanitary standards.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonS 1414Enacts the "utility ratepayer protection act"; requires legislative approval of increases in utility charges.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James TediscoS 1406Establishes a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute matters involving the death of an unarmed civilian caused by a law enforcement officer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersA 1403Allows public campaign funds to be used for disability access services including but not limited to captioning, sign language interpretation, assistive listening device, Braille, large print, communication access real-time translation and accessible transportation services and to be used for language interpretation and translation services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedELNAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1303Relates to the menstrual product safety and research act and its creation of a research program to determine the risks posed from potential toxins in menstrual products.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalA 1413Requires landlords to allow for the estate of a deceased tenant to enter the property for sixty days following the death of the tenant.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalA 1390Authorizes the transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities; requires annual reporting on the number of such incarcerated individuals transferred.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Demond MeeksS 1444Designates the uniformed court officers of the town of Busti, in the county of Chautauqua, as peace officers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLSen. George BorrelloS 1403Enacts "Cariol's Law"; provides for a duty to intervene when a police officer or peace officer observes another police officer or peace officer using physical force that such officer reasonably believes to be clearly excessive or beyond that which is objectively reasonable under the circumstances.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 1372Requires disclosure terms relating to pre-paid calling cards to be provided in languages other than English and increases fines for violations of disclosure requirements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoS 1381Relates to the authenticity, attribution and authorship of fine works of art; defines the term authenticator and stipulates that in a civil action regarding authenticity, the claimant must specify with particularity the facts and prove the elements by clear and convincing evidence; entitles the authenticator to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses if he/she prevails.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoA 1338Sets rules and procedures for the admissibility of evidence created or processed by artificial intelligence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Clyde VanelS 1446Prohibits statewide elected officers and certain appointed officers from receiving compensation for any book or other published work written during the course of their term of service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloA 1320Relates to the "uniform employee and student online privacy protection act"; relates to the protection of employee and student online accounts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1407Authorizes a licensed pharmacist to administer flu immunizations to persons nine years of age or older.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 1397Relates to allergy awareness and training in restaurants; requires allergen awareness training; requires certification within thirty days after hire date.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalA 1379Eliminates the restriction on class actions involving a penalty or minimum recovery; adds language expressly permitting class actions against governmental entities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 1337Establishes a half-credit course in financial education delivered by means of a comprehensive financial literacy program for all pupils in grades nine, ten, eleven or twelve.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Sarah ClarkA 1351Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseAsm. Jessica González-RojasA 1321Includes nurse practitioners as a provider of services for purposes of collaborative drug therapy management; makes the authorization for pharmacists to perform such management permanent.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Rebecca SeawrightS 1404Requires grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersA 1378Relates to presumptive evidence that a person committed a hate crime by evaluating a certain set of facts and circumstances.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1439Requires health insurance policies to offer full coverage for annual testing for ovarian cancer; requires certain health care providers offer annual testing for ovarian cancer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCAsm. Pamela HunterA 1318Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jessica González-RojasS 1396Relates to criminal history records of maintenance employees in adult residential health and assisted living facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patrick GallivanA 1361Allows employers to request or require a prospective or current employee to execute a restrictive covenant not to engage in specified acts in competition with the employer after termination of the employment relationship as a condition of employment, continued employment, or with respect to severance pay.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 1377Makes chapter 689 of the laws of 1993, and thus article 182 of the criminal procedure law titled alternate method of court appearance, permanent.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzS 1387Includes exposing a first responder or correction officer to fentanyl, a fentanyl derivative or an opiate containing fentanyl or a fentanyl derivative in the definition of the offense of assault in the first degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickA 1322Establishes a novel virus essential workers scholarship program to award annual scholarships to essential employees who worked during the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or during the outbreak of another novel virus and children of essential employees who have died as a result of contracting COVID-19 or another novel virus.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonS 1433Authorizes the county of Cattaraugus to discontinue as parklands and lease certain reforested lands in the town of Perrysburg.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloA 1324Relates to establishing a product stewardship program for primary batteries.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Deborah GlickA 1391Provides that any person charged with enforcing laws prohibiting cruelty to animals shall cause a report to be made when, in the performance of their duties, such person has reasonable cause to believe that abuse or maltreatment of a child has also occurred; provides that a person charged with the responsibility of filing a report of child abuse or maltreatment shall also file a report of suspected animal cruelty.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSOSAsm. Deborah GlickA 1383Relates to protecting wildlife and maintaining safety; necessitates written notification before a nuisance wildlife control operator undertakes any control measures.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalS 1427Relates to the issue of non-commercial drivers' licenses and learners' permits in counties which contain in whole or in part boundary land.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Daniel StecA 1319Includes assault of a vehicle license examiner to assault in the second degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPenalAsm. Clyde VanelA 1306Directs the department of civil service to conduct a study on competitive examinations for public employment held by the state department of civil service and by municipal commissions to determine whether the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minority examinees; requires a report on such findings to be delivered to the governor and legislature.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Demond MeeksS 1421Requires SUNY and CUNY campuses to hire energy management, materials management, and sustainability education and engagement employees at each SUNY and CUNY campus in numbers proportionate to campus size.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. John LiuS 1390Provides for consecutive sentencing for certain convictions for sex crimes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickA 1429Limits reversals for failure of prompt prosecution where there is no violation of periods of limitations, speedy trial time periods, and no showing of material prejudice resulting from unreasonable delay.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinS 1360Establishes a process for regulating the collecting, recording, and disclosing of confidential information by state employees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoA 1409Extends and expands the scope of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot to include an additional 1,200 users.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 1368Directs the secretary of state to publish a comprehensive list of all state sponsored novel virus related programs and resources available to consumers, student loan debtors, senior citizens, small businesses, renters and homeowners on the department of state website.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1451Enacts the New York healthy vending act requiring a percentage of food in vending machines on state property to be healthy.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 1375Establishes the office of the child welfare advocate to provide support to youth, biological parents, kinship caregivers and foster parents including prospective kinship caregivers or foster parents.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Sarah ClarkS 1371Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoA 1458Provides for insurance coverage of comprehensive annual medical examinations for firefighters due to their increased risk for cancer and cancer-related diseases.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCAsm. Pamela HunterA 1443Requires standards for the new construction of commercial electric vehicle charging stations to require such stations to have an external cutoff switch.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Chris EachusA 1285Grants medical assistance eligibility for kidney transplant expenses for residents of New York with end-stage renal disease who are otherwise eligible for benefits except for their immigration status.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jessica González-RojasA 1299Increases civil penalties on certain combination gas and electric corporations that fail to comply with the public service law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzS 1384Requires the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to acquire the mineral interests under all land acquired or received by the state for the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, unless the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation finds that the land is of great significance and importance to the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. José SerranoA 1342Requires the collection of oaths of responsible use from users of certain generative or surveillance advanced artificial intelligence systems by the operators of such systems, and transmission of such oaths to the attorney general.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Clyde VanelA 1341Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application for individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Amy PaulinA 1462Establishes a mandated window of five business days for both Medicaid and private insurers to respond to pre-authorization claims for testing and/or treatments made by physicians on behalf of oncology patients.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Pamela HunterA 1371Relates to prohibiting consumer contract provisions waiving the consumer's right to make statements concerning goods or services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1412Permits an exception from registration for nonresident pharmacies in cases of a specific patient need or a declared public health emergency under certain conditions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 1362Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading, for dust control or de-icing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda Rosenthal

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