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S 3747Directs the department of economic development, in conjunction with various departments and offices, to conduct a study regarding increasing public access to museums in New York city; directs a report on such study to be submitted no later than one year after the effective date.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 3729Requires portable electronic devices distributed after January 1, 2028 to automatically disable their texting and computer functions when the holder is operating a motor vehicle over 10 miles an hour; eliminates the exemption from provisions, relating to the use of portable electronic devices in motor vehicles, granted to commercial motor vehicles, police, firefighters and emergency vehicle operators.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 3731Defines a real estate team as two or more persons associated with the same real estate brokerage who hold themselves out or operate as a team.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedRPPSen. Andrew LanzaS 3751Requires educational institutions with an endowment of 10 billion dollars or more to incorporate thirty percent affordable housing units in any property owned by such institution that provides any form of housing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 3706Amends the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program to include the East New York station.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 3730Relates to penalties for intent to cause injury to an animal.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 3679Requires the New York state thruway authority to provide notice, a description of meeting details and a sign up list prior to meetings of the board.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 3720Enacts the "New York city board for education policy members public responsibility act" requiring a quorum of the members of the city board to attend any hearing scheduled for purposes of allowing public comment on changes to educational plans for the school district of the city of New York.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 3723Requires the education department to report the results of English/language arts and mathematics assessments to parents of pupils by the last day of classes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Andrew LanzaS 3749Repeals paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 2853 of the education law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Cordell CleareS 3696Relates to the establishment of the New York state promise program for community college courses; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 3721Requires the commissioner of education to reschedule cancelled regents examinations within 20 business days of the original date.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Andrew LanzaS 3769Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities among incarcerated individuals and employees; devises a reporting system for notification of such misconduct to appropriate authorities; establishes duties and membership of such commission.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersA 3683Includes permissible payment methods, advance consent for direct payments, and annually providing the updated rate schedule as required terms for certain insurance contracts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Carrie WoernerA 3676Establishes the "Sickle Cell Treatment Act" which designates sickle cell centers for excellence and outpatient treatment centers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanS 3779Increases the maximum time limits for tuition assistance program awards; increases the maximum number of academic years of study to six.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseSen. Andrew GounardesA 3680Requires written consent of the New York thoroughbred horsemen's association representing at least fifty-one percent of the horsemen using the facilities of the franchised corporation prior to allocation or spending of funds from certain accounts.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Carrie WoernerS 3774Relates to the publication by the state of the receipt of unclaimed funds.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSTTSen. Leroy ComrieS 3775Prohibits the inclusion of confidential clauses in contracts entered into for the purchase of services or commodities by the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 3776Prohibits cancellation, non-renewal or conditioning renewal of automobile insurance of a policyholder solely as a result of a dispute or a complaint pending against the insurer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Leroy ComrieS 3772Establishes the student loan borrower bill of rights to protect borrowers and ensure that student loan servicers act more as loan counselors than debt collectors.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 3777Relates to safety recalls on used motor vehicles; requires dealers to provide notice to purchasers of safety recalls.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieA 3678Relates to extending the two hundred foot rule to certain treatment facilities for mental illness and chemical dependence operating under the mental hygiene law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alex BoresA 3684Requires eligible agencies that receive state funding for universal prekindergarten located in a city with a population of one million or more to accept administration for children's services child care vouchers if such eligible agency is a licensed or registered child care setting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Yudelka TapiaS 3771Requires the MTA to hold hearings in each county affected by proposed fare increases, major reductions of transportation and/or major service changes; does not apply to standard seasonal or holiday adjustments, temporary changes due to routine maintenance and/or temporary changes in response to emergency situations; requires the authority to hold a hearing in each county of a service area that is affected by the proposed change(s) in fares or services, provided that such hearings be limited to one hearing per calendar day.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieA 3679Creates the 3D printed housing and infrastructure task force to promote large scale construction of 3D printed homes and associated infrastructure with respect to legislation, regulatory environment, government initiatives and inducements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jenifer RajkumarS 3770Creates the city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in NYC; establishes the regents public school teacher loan forgiveness program to allocate awards annually to teachers who agree to teach public school in an area of New York state designated by the board of regents as having a shortage of public school teachers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 3773Provides all registered voters on the day of the general election and the primary election in every even numbered year a full work day off without the loss of pay; provides a tax credit to small businesses who provide a paid day off to employees on general election day.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Leroy ComrieA 3685Requires the re-inspection of dwellings with mold violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Yudelka TapiaA 3677Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enroll students in career and technical education courses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Yudelka TapiaA 3737Relates to funding for highway construction and improvements in New York state from funds appropriated to the MTA; appropriates funds therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David DiPietroS 3802Relates to extensions of state and local deadlines following a state disaster emergency; adds school district to the list of municipality and district corporations; relates to the prerequisites, time and scope thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 3812Provides for tenant responses to applications for a major capital improvement rent increase; allows tenants to respond within one hundred twenty days from the date of mailing of a notice of a proceeding; requires the state division of housing and community renewal to provide any responding tenant with the reasons for the division's approval or denial of such application.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Gustavo RiveraA 3704Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York; provides commission study shall place emphasis on medical and mental health care, overcrowding, incarcerated individual deaths, use of force, restraints, and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinS 3790Restricts the use of total release fogging pesticides unless the purchaser is licensed as a certified commercial pesticide applicator, certified residential pesticide applicator, or certified commercial pesticide technician in the state of New York or the purchaser is licensed in an equivalent manner in a jurisdiction with reciprocity with the state of New York, as determined by the department; restricts the use of total release fogging pesticides in multi-unit dwellings.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedENVSen. Zellnor MyrieS 3813Limits the amount of time to submit supporting documentation for major capital improvements; sets such time at one hundred and twenty days.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Gustavo RiveraA 3709Modifies the criteria for granting tuition assistance program awards.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael TannousisA 3736Establishes a tax credit for rent paid on the personal residence of certain taxpayers who lease the taxpayer's primary residence during the taxable year and who pay rent with respect to such residence in excess of thirty percent of such taxpayer's gross income for such taxable year whose income is less than fifty percent of the area median income.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. George AlvarezS 3798Provides that the Finger Lakes crematory located in the village of Livonia, county of Livingston may add an additional retort expressly and for use in an instance of mechanical or technical failure of an existing retort.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Pamela HelmingS 3810Establishes graduate tuition assistance program awards; sets amounts of such awards; provides for restrictions on such awards; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseSen. Toby Ann StaviskyA 3699Requires review of all motor vehicle repair shop applicants which includes community input; establishes a list of factors that shall be considered when making such decisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. George AlvarezA 3762Authorizes the town of Dekalb, in the county of St. Lawrence, to reduce the maximum speed limit on a portion of United States route eleven.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Kenneth BlankenbushS 3823Provides for the appointment of foreclosure receivers and managing agents in cities having a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Gustavo RiveraS 3801Creates the digital currency task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the potential effects of the widespread implementation of digital currencies on financial markets in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 3705Relates to party nominations for candidates by county party committees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Karl BrabenecS 3817Establishes a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on violence in state correctional facilities including the causes and consequences of such violence with a particular emphasis on changes in levels of violence and the causes of those changes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaS 3824Prohibits elementary and secondary schools from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaS 3853Directs the department of corrections and community supervision to conduct a comprehensive study on deaths in correctional facilities within New York state to provide data-driven insights and recommendations to improve prison conditions, healthcare, and policies to prevent future tragedies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 3792Relates to the use of certain body imaging scanning equipment at local correctional facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Zellnor MyrieA 3716Establishes the Native American and Other Historically Marginalized Groups Discrimination and Injustice Commission which shall complete a study and submit a report regarding discrimination and injustices historically and currently faced by indigenous people and other historically marginalized groups living within the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Patrick BurkeA 3741Relates to claims for loss or damage to real property; creates continuing education requirements for licensed persons and qualifications for public and independent adjusters; allows for a revocation of licenses with an opportunity to reapply for such licenses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinA 3751Directs the MTA to rename the Eltingville transit center the Iraq War and Afghanistan War Veterans' Memorial Transit Center; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 3706Authorizes service charges for gap waivers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinS 3821Enacts the "Livable New York act" to fight back against climate change, provide additional affordable housing and provide employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals; makes a three billion dollar appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCORSen. Gustavo RiveraS 3797Establishes a moratorium on the installation of synthetic turf pending a comprehensive environmental and public health study; relates to environmental impact assessments of the use of synthetic turf; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Zellnor MyrieA 3742Requires high schools to carry and have a trained employee to administer opioid antagonists during all school hours and after school activities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. David WeprinS 3834Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop rules and regulations relating to truck rental security; requires any person or organization in the business of renting trucks, vans or trailers to the public to be registered with the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Michael GianarisS 3780Relates to requiring the New York city housing authority to contract with non-profit private entities when qualifying for certain programs; requires the New York city housing authority to contract with a non-profit private entity when converting property to Section 8 units in order to qualify for any program that allows such private entity to renovate, repair, maintain and/or operate such New York city housing authority property.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBGSen. Cordell CleareS 3800Requires operators of nuclear power plants (or designee) to give notice of: scheduled releases of radioactive materials at least 24 hours before the release is planned to occur; unscheduled releases of such materials as soon as possible, but not more than 24 hours after discovery of the release; and breakdowns or malfunctions; specifies that such notice shall be given to specified parties, including to the public via a toll free number; specifies elements to be contained in the notice (i.e. the total amount of radioactivity released or planned to be released, the estimated individual dose that may occur due to the event, weather conditions at the time of release, the area affected or anticipated to be affected, the equipment that malfunctioned or the operator error or other condition that caused the release, and the corrective action taken); requires study thereof by the commissioner of health; requires preparation and distribution of a report thereupon by the commissioner of health; provides for submission of annual reports by operators of nuclear power plants; provides monetary penalties for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 3689Provides that to achieve cost savings to businesses and the state, improve decision timeliness, and minimize wrong-sized payments to eligible beneficiaries the department of labor shall obtain current employment and income information from a third-party provider, supplementing current state wage reporting files from the department of taxation and finance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedLaborAsm. Harry BronsonA 3717Requires on-bill financing be an option for certain energy efficiency services; requires the disclosure of on-bill financing prior to the sale of real property.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBAAsm. Patrick BurkeA 3691Prohibits telephone corporations from charging a caller any increased rates, charges, or fees for long-distance or other calls without first notifying such caller.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Demond MeeksA 3756Raises the mandatory age of retirement for judges to seventy-six, with the ability of certain judges and justices to serve under a certified appointment until the age of eighty.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jeffrey DinowitzA 3711Prevents housing discrimination based on wage history, medical history, and health conditions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCAsm. Steven RagaA 3693Allows CUNY community college students to transfer all earned credits to a New York state university.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. Jaime WilliamsA 3696Establishes a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on violence in state correctional facilities including the causes and consequences of such violence with a particular emphasis on changes in levels of violence and the causes of those changes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinS 3794Requires schools to accept credits for educational programs at OCFS facilities as transfer credits.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Zellnor MyrieS 3788Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented multiple times within a period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic-control indications.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Zellnor MyrieS 3804Establishes a state high speed rail planning board; requires the planning board to report to the governor and legislature two years from the effective date with a plan for financing of high speed rail and the organizational entity which would oversee and operate New York's high speed rail program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 3697Requires providers of insurance policies to maintain a database of health care providers offering foreign language services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCAsm. David WeprinA 3703Provides free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for qualified volunteer instructors.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David DiPietroA 3748Provides milk dealers and agricultural food product transporters with electronic toll collection devices free of charge; requires the department of transportation to reimburse the thruway authority and the metropolitan transportation authority for costs incurred in providing such toll collection devices.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayS 3854Establishes a discount fare rate of no less than 25% for full-time undergraduate students attending an accredited college who utilize the New York city transit system, including railroad, subway and/or omnibus services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBASen. Leroy ComrieA 3686Requires the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement including retirees, vested members and members terminated without a one-year limit on return.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jaime WilliamsA 3740Authorizes the town of Montague in Lewis county to designate certain town roads as low-volume roads and certain low-volume roads as minimum maintenance roads.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Kenneth BlankenbushA 3700Permits electronic arraignment in counties not wholly included within a city.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Patrick BurkeA 3738Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education; sets aside one million dollars to be awarded through a competitive grant process; provides that half of such appropriation shall be set aside for libraries serving a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 3719Imposes a tax on certain businesses when people are displaced from their employment due to certain technologies based on the sum of any taxes or fees imposed by the state or any political subdivision thereof computed based on a displaced employee's wage.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Patrick BurkeS 3839Relates to discovery restrictions for photographs of minors depicting sexual or other intimate parts; provides such photographs shall be subject to in camera review and certain other restrictions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCPLSen. Shelley MayerA 3692Relates to operation of an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property; requires a helmet on private and public property.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Harry BronsonA 3708Directs the comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance to undertake a study on the feasibility of establishing a venture capital tax credit for investments to emerging diverse founding member businesses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. George AlvarezA 3718Provides for toll reimbursement for port authority of New York and New Jersey employees for entering or exiting the port authority port district, the twenty-five mile radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jaime WilliamsA 3732Relates to unlawful strikes by public employees; provides for the settlement of certain disputes relating to terms and conditions of employment of certain transit and transportation authorities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCVSAsm. Harry BronsonA 3724Requires district attorney ethics guidelines to be based exclusively on guidelines set by the New York state bar association.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Patrick BurkeA 3731Permits certain registered pharmacy technicians to assist a licensed pharmacist in preparing prescriptions in facilities that are qualified home infusion therapy suppliers, under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist employed by such facility.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Harry BronsonA 3725Requires the registration of electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles, in consultation with the commissioner of transportation, to create a public outreach and education campaign informing the public concerning the statutory registration requirements for motorcycles, mopeds, electric scooters or bicycles with electric assist; requires distinctive number and form of number plates for mopeds or electric scooters; prohibits the operation of electric scooters, mopeds or bicycles with electric assist on sidewalks; establishes the safe streets bureau requiring the superintendent of state police to create a patrol and enforcement bureau for mopeds, electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist, and assign to it members of the New York state police in such numbers and appoint to it such investigative specialists in such numbers as may be required for the purpose of preventing, investigating and detecting violations of the criminal laws and vehicle and traffic laws of the state, and conducting such other investigations as may be provided for by law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. George AlvarezS 3851Establishes that the council on human blood and transfusion services shall review all current medical research and guidance regarding the donation of blood by patients with a history of Lyme or tick-borne illnesses.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first housePBHSen. Michelle HincheyS 3803Provides a tax credit for the purchase or conversion of an electric vessel or zero emission vessel; provides a tax credit for electric vessel recharging property.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Kevin ParkerA 3722Authorizes the New York state environmental facilities corporation to award grants and loans to community water systems and non-community water systems for water quality projects that relate to the removal of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Chris BurdickA 3701Relates to classifying certain property held in cooperative form as class one properties for assessment purposes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinA 3735Excludes certain graduate students from mandatory fees.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. Harry BronsonA 3707Ensures the decision to downcode an insurance claim is recognized as an adverse determination; prohibits health plans from reversing or altering medical necessity determinations made by a utilization review agent or external appeals agent as a result of an audit of claims.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinS 3793Authorizes the attorney general to investigate and take action against in response to actions improvident or prejudicial to the interests of the public or occupants of nursing homes that are under the supervision of the commissioner of public health.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBHSen. Zellnor MyrieA 3712Allows for retail license for on-premises consumption to be granted to establishments located on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Steven RagaA 3690Authorizes the investigation of fraudulent activities with regard to individuals operating motor vehicles without insurance; increases the civil penalty for forging insurance documents; creates the crime of offering a false application for motor vehicle insurance or registration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCAsm. David WeprinS 3811Directs the department of labor to post on its internet website and annually update the names of employers who employ 50 or more employees who receive public assistance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Gustavo RiveraS 3791Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections if they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Zellnor MyrieS 3818Provides that any officer terminated who was dismissed for malfeasance or serious misconduct or resigned or retired during an investigation relating to such malfeasance or serious misconduct shall not be entitled to receive any retirement or other benefit or payment of any kind.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaS 3825Requires that all felony offenders shall be eligible for parole after serving no more than twenty-five years of their sentence; eliminates the possibility of serving consecutive terms of imprisonment which exceed a twenty-five year sentence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPenalSen. Luis SepúlvedaA 3695Requires individuals who perform compliance functions, duties or tasks to obtain a compliance officer or compliance practitioner license; establishes application and examination requirements to obtain, and continuing education requirements to maintain, licensure; permits the superintendent to issue licensing procedures and to prescribe regulations necessary for the proper supervision of compliance officers and practitioners.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David Weprin

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