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S 1612Relates 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 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloS 1627Authorizes 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 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloS 1651Relates to special provisions for not-for-profit sales.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 1646Requires every parole officer and employee of the department of corrections and community supervision to wear body cameras with video and audio whenever they are interacting with a parolee; implements the use of cameras in every official office and room in the department.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 1632Exempts livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloS 1684Requires merchants to accept cash as payment for goods and services; permits the superintendent of financial services to provide exemptions based on certain criteria.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew GounardesS 1628Relates to exempting cranes from the petroleum business tax.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloS 1677Provides that entities soliciting a recurring contribution to a political campaign, political committee, party committee, or not-for-profit or for-profit entity shall receive the affirmative consent of the contributor at the time of arrangement of the recurring contribution; provides for refund of recurring contributions; provides penalties for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SkoufisS 1732Relates to increasing the phase-out threshold for tuition assistance program awards from seven thousand dollars to eighteen thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia FahyS 1729Requires a report by December 1, 2027 to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly on comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Samra BroukS 1717Removes limits on the duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a patient does not have a referral.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Samra BroukS 1621Provides an exemption to the prohibition on tinted windows in automobiles for emergency ambulance service vehicles.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Toby Ann StaviskyS 1638Enacts the "New York Business Emergency Relief Act"; directs the governor to use unallocated settlement funds reserved in the economic uncertainties, and any further settlement money received by the state or state surplus funds to pay the debt to the federal unemployment insurance trust fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. George BorrelloS 1642Requires rent stabilized housing accommodations lost or destroyed due to fire, natural disaster, act of God, act of war or eminent domain, to be replaced in any succeeding construction on the same parcel.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 1662Authorizes a childhood education surcharge on the personal income tax for cities having a population of one million or more persons.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 1624Requires that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSOSSen. George BorrelloS 1639Prohibits the use of unmarked police vehicles, concealed identity police vehicles, including police vehicles which use ghost graphics, and undercover police officers for routine traffic enforcement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1715Establishes a hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program to treat veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Samra BroukS 1661Creates a board to review officer-involved deaths and near deaths.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCNTSen. Jamaal BaileyS 1622Imposes a progressive income tax structure for high income taxpayers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 1772Designates April first as "Alcohol Awareness Day".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1793Designates April eighth as "Co-Occurring Disorders Awareness Day".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1775Removes certain provisions relating to preclearance by the civil rights bureau of certain qualifications, prerequisites to voting, laws, ordinances, standards, practices, procedures, regulations, or policies relating to voting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mark WalczykS 1747Provides for eligibility for medical assistance for personal care services for persons with traumatic brain injury, developmental disability, cognitive impairments, blindness or visual impairment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Gustavo RiveraS 1771Ensures adequate access to information by individuals who have limited English proficiency.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1750Provides for comparable salary and other benefits for state employees designated managerial or confidential to ensure such employees receive an increase in salary at least equal to the percentage of the general salary increases provided to employees in a bargaining unit that receives the highest percentage general salary increase and other benefits.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 1736Establishes the small wholesaler liquor license; provides that the fee for such license is two thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedABCSen. Patricia FahyS 1799Relates to the regulation of municipal shooting ranges, including limiting the hours of operation and addressing noise pollution; directs the department of health to conduct a study describing the contaminants and other pollutants in the ground and water bodies adjacent to certain shooting ranges.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1774Prohibits contributions or donations to be made by hostile foreign nations in connection with a state or local election; makes a knowing violation of such provisions a class A felony, subject to an additional civil penalty equal to the contribution or donation amount plus a fine of up to ten thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedELNSen. Mark WalczykS 1745Provides that the term "landlord" when used in the real property law, shall not include or apply to any corporation, entity or organization, hereinafter known as a "cooperative entity" that is or is operating for the purpose of providing housing and/or residences for its shareholders by leasing or subleasing to such shareholders, under proprietary leases or occupancy agreements or subleases of such leases or occupancy agreements of apartments or residences in the buildings or premises owned by such cooperative entities; makes related provisions for the term "tenant".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Toby Ann StaviskyS 1756Creates esophageal cancer educational pamphlets; requires esophageal cancer testing and treatments be covered by certain insurance plans.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1755Requires any sponsor of a clinical trial in this state, including but not limited to, a pharmaceutical drug manufacturer, pharmaceutical drug wholesaler, academic medical center, voluntary group, federal agency or health care provider, that applies for a state grant to conduct such clinical trial, to conspicuously post certain information about such clinical trial on the department's website.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1753Establishes Bella's Law which calls for an investigation into possible domestic violence or abuse for persons who have been accused of animal abuse.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickS 1746Provides for the review of policies and practices pertaining to infectious disease outbreaks in correctional facilities, including the treatment and prevention of the disease among incarcerated individuals and staff.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseSen. Gustavo RiveraS 1738Categorizes the assault of a code enforcement official or other individual responsible for building inspection performing their lawful duties under such position as a class D felony.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia FahyS 1735Relates to exemptions granted for alterations or rehabilitation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia FahyS 1749Prohibits the establishment or enforcement of regulations on the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in manufacturers' sales fleets of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles until the availability of charging infrastructure, and the cost and availability of zero-emission medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles makes the sale of such vehicles more practicable.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Joseph GriffoS 1754Relates to creating a hotline for the reporting of various forms of abuse which may jeopardize the health or welfare of any person.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSOSSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickS 1789Requires private insurance plans which provide for reimbursement for psychiatric or psychological services or for diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions to include reimbursement for services provided by child advocacy centers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1794Requires federally qualified health centers and rural health centers cover the cost of all ovulation enhancing drugs dispensed and other covered entities pursuant to section 340B of the federal public health service act.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1758Allows for certain disability benefits to continue in the event an individual who is receiving such benefits gets married; provides that the marriage to another individual which would otherwise make an individual ineligible for certain disability benefits shall not be considered if such individual is already receiving disability benefits at the time of becoming married and continues to meet certain criteria.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1761Authorizes and directs the office of children and family services to conduct a study on the family assessment response program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1776Authorizes early voting sites to be placed at at least one city in a county, or if there is no city in such county, the county seat.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mark WalczykS 1795Relates to the substitution of brand name epinephrine auto-injectors with alternate epinephrine auto-injectors in certain cases.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1768Imposes five points on a person's license for being convicted of participating in speed contests and races.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1781Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals; removes requirement that an animal be killed with aggravated cruelty in order to be guilty of such crime.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickS 1802Prohibits ear clipping and tail docking of dogs unless deemed medically necessary to protect the life or health of the dog.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1737Requires health insurance coverage for craniofacial disorders.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Patricia FahyS 1760Establishes a grant program for public K-12 schools which are eligible for support provided under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for the purposes of installing laundry equipment for facilities for use by students and parents or guardians of students.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1769Prohibits new cannabis dispensaries from opening up within five hundred feet of other licensed cannabis dispensaries; provides an exception if the location of such premises is in the public interest.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCANSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1773Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers supplemental breast cancer screenings; authorizes the comptroller to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseSen. Lea WebbS 1785Requires multiple liens on farm property to be paid in chronological order, with the earliest lien being paid off first and the most recent being paid last.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Michelle HincheyS 1759Requires the New York state cancer services program to provide various cancer screenings and diagnostic services at no cost to certain persons and to provide informational pamphlets on such cancers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1790Includes care and services provided by a child advocacy center licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the office of children and family services under standard coverage for Medicaid recipients.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1797Establishes the office of addiction and mental health services; corrects references; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1798Issues distinctive epilepsy awareness license plates; establishes an epilepsy awareness fund and an epilepsy research and education program.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1779Directs the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance to develop and implement a program to replace all EBT cards issued in the state which utilize magnetic strips with cards that utilize chip technology.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1751Increases the penalties for certain crimes involving tampering with a witness or intimidating a victim or witness; increases the penalty for tampering with a witness in the third degree and intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree to class D felonies; increases the penalty for tampering with a witness in the second degree and intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree to class C felonies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickS 1762Places limits on the maximum amount of hours a home care aide may be required to work without voluntarily consenting to such an assignment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Roxanne PersaudS 1778Prohibits the state board of elections and local boards of elections from accepting donations of private funds for election administration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mark WalczykS 1767Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and use of cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1740Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readers or other means of access to individuals who disclose they have difficulty seeing or reading standard print labels on prescription drug containers; defines "prescription drug reader" to mean a device which is capable of audibly conveying information contained on the label of a prescription drug; makes exceptions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Monica MartinezS 1780Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health and the director of the state office for the aging shall establish a mental home health services program for the aging to facilitate access to mental home health services to respond to identified mental health needs, including those needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the aging or families that may not have access to mental health professionals in-person; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedMHYSen. Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickS 1734Prohibits agreements to pay or provide benefits or wage supplements from including a provision specifying that an employee with accrued, unused vacation pay will not be compensated for such vacation pay upon termination; provides for a minimum of two weeks of wages upon termination to employees who receive granted time.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Patricia FahyS 1777Requires persons appointed as election commissioners to be citizens of the United States.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mark WalczykS 1764Raises the income eligibility for senior citizens and disabled residents to seventy-five thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1770Prohibits the advertisement of firearms as combat weapons; exempts the advertisement of such rifles, shotguns, or firearms for the purposes of recreation, hunting, self-defense or other legal uses of such firearms.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1803Requires that all terrain vehicles only be filled with gas when on a tow or trailer; requires gas stations to post signs indicating to customers that an ATV needs to be on a tow or trailer before filling it with gas.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1766Provides that a plaintiff shall have up to twenty-one days to consider whether any resolution to a claim involving discrimination, harassment or retaliation shall include the underlying facts of the claim or whether such underlying facts shall be kept confidential.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1727Authorizes the commissioner of mental health to establish up to three, three-year pilot programs in community behavioral health organizations for the purposes of creating social worker pilot programs to support the ongoing retention and recruitment of licensed clinical social workers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Samra BroukS 1791Relates to eliminating asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1792Requires insurance companies to provide at least ninety days of rehabilitation services to an insured upon a doctor's prescription.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1800Prohibits retail dealers from opening a tobacco business within 500 feet of an already existing licensed tobacco business; provides an exception if it is determined to be in the public interest by the municipality or community board.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezS 1765Requires the cannabis control board to provide notice to state legislative representatives upon receipt of application for an adult-use cannabis retail dispensary or on-site consumption license in their district.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCANSen. Nathalia FernandezA 1707Increases the tax exemption amount on clothing and apparel items from one hundred ten dollars to two hundred fifty dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Carrie WoernerA 1767Amends procedures for change of party enrollment to require postmark 25 days prior to a primary, general or special election.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 1818Imposes an excise tax on the failure of certain hedge funds owning excess single-family residences to dispose of such residences; establishes the housing down payment trust fund to provide funds to state housing finance agencies to establish new or supplement existing programs that provide down payment assistance to families purchasing homes within the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michaelle SolagesS 1900Requires the county seat in Seneca county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Thomas O'MaraS 1830Requires police officer training programs on interacting with individuals with a disability with special emphasis on the techniques needed to improve interactions with individuals that are blind or deaf or hard of hearing; provides such training shall be created in consultation with the justice center for the protection of people with special needs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Shelley MayerS 1875Relates to creating the medical professionals across rural New York state student loan repayment fund pilot program for certain participating professionals that make a two year commitment to practice in a tract or county defined by the health resources and services administration as being rural or eligible for a rural health grant.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mark WalczykA 1704Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalS 1893Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersA 1795Relates to the New York state dental faculty loan forgiveness incentive program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanA 1683Restricts sales tax exemptions on fur-bearing articles of clothing or footwear.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalA 1701Provides that the term "landlord" when used in the real property law, shall not include or apply to any corporation, entity or organization, hereinafter known as a "cooperative entity" that is or is operating for the purpose of providing housing and/or residences for its shareholders by leasing or subleasing to such shareholders, under proprietary leases or occupancy agreements or subleases of such leases or occupancy agreements of apartments or residences in the buildings or premises owned by such cooperative entities; makes related provisions for the term "tenant".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Edward BraunsteinS 1906Authorizes the legislature to modify an executive order.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Thomas O'MaraA 1930Requires state agencies and contractors to recycle a certain percentage of the waste generated on public works construction and demolition sites.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Deborah GlickS 1852Relates to regulations pertaining to housing accommodations in buildings with six or more dwelling units where seventy-five percent of the total residents are fifty-five or older.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Michelle HincheyA 1811Requires the division of criminal justice services to report to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Sarah ClarkS 1928Designates uniformed marine patrol officers appointed by the sheriff of Seneca county as peace officers in the county of Seneca.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLSen. Thomas O'MaraS 1808Relates to the licensing of sign language interpreters; creates a state board for sign language interpreting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Nathalia FernandezA 1796Requires in every shopping center or facility that has over one hundred off street parking spaces that at least one percent of the spaces, or five such spaces, whichever is less, shall be a handicapped parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging station.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 1854Requires information to be posted concerning sidewalk sheds and scaffolds in NYC; relates to permit information.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Linda RosenthalA 1743Requires the DMV to promulgate rules and regulations to approve certain out-of-state or national accident prevention courses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinA 1832Authorizes a personal income tax credit for solar energy systems purchased and installed on any residential property owned by a taxpayer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nily RozicA 1928Authorizes the commissioner of health to make adjustments to payments for the provision and reimbursement of transportation costs for the purposes of providing increased access to Medicaid Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support Level 1, Advanced Life Support Level 2, and Specialty Care Transport in rural communities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Robert SmullenS 1895Authorizes any justice or judge in the state to obtain a license to have and carry concealed a pistol or revolver; such amendments allow such justices and judges to carry concealed in the courthouse, when read in conjunction with existing language in paragraph (g) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e of the penal law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Thomas O'MaraA 1866Establishes the congressional chartered veterans service organizations fund; provides for gifts made to such fund on an individual's personal income tax return.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jenifer RajkumarS 1872Repeals certain provisions establishing a fee for background checks on certain firearm and ammunition purchases; removes such fees as a source of funds for the background check fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mark WalczykA 1802Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. William Colton

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