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S 4082Prohibits motor vehicle insurers from discrimination on the basis of socioeconomic factors in determining algorithms used to construct actuarial tables, coverage terms, premiums and/or rates.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4254Relates to mortgage guaranty insurance; allows for withdrawals from the contingency reserve if the superintendent determines that such withdrawals will not be harmful to policy holders.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. John McDonaldA 4058Allows for the denial, suspension or discontinuance of public assistance or care where a person does not participate in three consecutive scheduled interviews with a social services official.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Keith BrownA 4274Provides that members of a mobile crisis team shall include any combination of behavioral health professionals, certified peer specialists, certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer advocates, and credentialed youth peer advocates.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4114Establishes the Charles L. Reason fellowship for the purpose of increasing faculty diversity in higher education.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanA 4147Requires signs providing notice of the use of a photo speed violation monitoring system to be primarily yellow and be placed within fifty feet of a photo speed violation monitoring system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 4190Extends the time when the state is liable for damages suffered by any person from defects in state highways to between April 1 and December 1.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4169Prohibits level 2 and 3 sex offenders from residing within 1,500 feet of their victim or school grounds; prohibits such offenders from attending or participating in school sponsored activities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Chris TagueA 4219Extends the utilization of limited permit practice of medicine to private offices or clinics in urgent care settings, prisons, schools, and universities; extends the duration of such limited permits to three years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4222Relates to including used vehicles in the drive clean rebate program; provides that such rebate for a used vehicle shall not exceed one thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4096Requires new businesses to take a sales tax education course; lowers the statute of limitations for sales tax liability from 20 years to ten years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4116Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Karines ReyesA 4061Requires short-term rental companies to provide an annual inventory of short-term rental locations and capacities, and monthly utilization data for each county in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 4063Provides that the failure by the utilization review agent to make a determination within certain time periods shall be deemed to be an approval of the health care services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinA 4163Expands the firearm license to have and carry concealed, without regard to employment or place of possession, to include open carry.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 4196Relates to prohibiting the use of funds, financial incentives or subsidies where facilities or property are used primarily for e-commerce storage and transfers, or the facilitation thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michaelle SolagesA 4095Requires persons administering challenge oaths to voter applicants to attest that the challenge is being made in good faith and to provide certain identifying information; requires challenge oaths to be presented to a challenged voter applicant in writing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michaelle SolagesA 4148Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"; requires employers to provide suitable seats to all employees where the nature of such employees' work reasonably permits seated work; prohibits employers from artificially designing a work space to require standing; requires the department of labor to determine whether the nature of work reasonably permits seated work; creates a private right of action for employees whose employer does not provide seats.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Karines ReyesS 4078Provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4156Requires a notice of a change in premium for a renewal of a commercial insurance policy shall be mailed or delivered at least ninety days in advance of the expiration date of such policy.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 4160Increases the penalties for stopping, standing, or parking in handicapped spaces without a handicapped permit to not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for the first offense and three hundred to five hundred fifty dollars for the second offense occurring within a period of five years within the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4146Establishes the crime of theft of an impounded vehicle; establishes that such crime is a class A misdemeanor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 4161Prohibits removal of an adolescent offender to family court where the defendant possessed a loaded firearm during the commission of the offense.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 4177Provides a tax deduction for fertility preservation services in an amount up to $1,000.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXAsm. Nader SayeghA 4259Authorizes the superintendent of financial services to hire an actuary to assist with reviewing any rate or form filing submitted to the superintendent.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David WeprinA 4128Permits funeral directors to sell insurance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4081Establishes the COVID heroes grant program to award a lump sum pay differential of $2,500 to essential SUNY hospital employees who worked during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedCVSAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4251Establishes scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times of student arrival and dismissal to ensure all vehicular traffic is stopped while pedestrians are crossing in the same intersection.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4108Imposes a surcharge on monthly phone bills to fund the costs associated with the administration, design, installation, construction, operation, and maintenance of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline in New York state; establishes the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline trust fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamS 4055Expands the types of transit and tolling employees protected from harassment under the penal law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Mario MatteraA 4089Establishes the first-time homebuyer assistance program within the state of New York mortgage agency to provide assistance to first-time homebuyers of certain residential units.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4110Provides for the application of veterans' real property tax exemptions in cities having a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 4101Establishes the "save our small-business grant program" to aid certain small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4184Grants provisional MWBE certification status for one year for applicants who do not receive a determination approving or denying their application for MWBE certification within ninety days of applying.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamS 4077Relates to establishing an abatement and exemption from real property taxes for capital improvements to reduce carbon emissions; establishes an energy efficiency improvement board to approve the abatements and exemptions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4214Permits a violation captured by a speed camera to be dismissed upon the application of the person alleged to be liable for such violation if any information that is required to be inserted in the notice of liability is omitted from such notice of liability, misdescribed or illegible.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 4182Exempts registered security guards with a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in criminal justice or an equivalent from annual in service-training courses.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4217Requires all commercial buildings be retrofitted with motion detectors for controlling lighting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCAsm. Keith BrownA 4171Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to prioritize and hire union labor for proposed public work before making a contract available for public bidding.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanS 4059Provides that restaurants and third-party food delivery service may provide single-use food service items to customers when explicitly requested by the customer; prohibits certain plastic single-use items.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayA 4141Provides that a person who has previously been subjected to two or more petit larceny convictions within 18 months immediately preceding the charge and the aggregate value of the property exceeds one thousand dollars, the person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyS 4058Relates to low or moderate income housing developments; allows local zoning boards of appeals to approve affordable housing developments; provides for an appeals process to the division of housing and community renewal; creates a state zoning board of appeals within the division to hear such appeals; directs the division to conduct a study to integrate low income housing tax credit applications with the zoning application process under this act.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayA 4115Relates to police officer and peace officer hiring and transfers; requires police agencies review any possible internal files of police misconduct and complaints as well as pending criminal charges before hiring or allowing for a transfer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanA 4188Prohibits increases in rates of homeowners' insurance in excess of twenty-five percent per year except where agreed to in the policy.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghS 4074Provides for payment of accidental death benefits for members who die while travelling from their primary residence directly to their place of business, or to a different location where such member was assigned to perform their duties.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonA 4078Relates to establishing requirements and penalties for combination utility companies during service outages; provides that a penalty for failure to reasonably comply with requirements that protect the overall reliability and continuity of combination utility company services shall be up to one hundred dollars per violation or for a pattern or practice of such violations up to one thousand dollars per violation.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4083Requires liability insurance for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in cities having a population of one million or more.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamS 4063Relates to establishing a program for financial transitional living services for foster children; establishes independent development savings accounts for foster children over the age of 16; requires foster children to attend financial literacy and independent living classes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4170Requires 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 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Alicia HyndmanA 4253Establishes tax credits for local newspaper subscriptions, newspaper payrolls, and local media advertising.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXAsm. David McDonoughA 4158Relates to the seizure and redemption of vehicles used in illegal races, exhibitions or contests of speed.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghS 4051Makes it unlawful for a person under the age of 21 to possess tobacco or vaping products; provides for a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and/or completion of a tobacco awareness program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SkoufisA 4112Relates to providing free use of state parks for certified first responders who participated in the rescue effort at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 4142Includes information on if a person previously lived in a nursing home on his or her death certificate.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Keith BrownA 4140Requires 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 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 4176Enacts the Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling crimes against public protection professionals act; designates certain crimes against public protection professionals; enhances penalties.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Steve SternS 4068Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to establish rules and regulations for a college or university seeking to cease operations in an orderly process.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Rachel MayA 4097Requires the use of canines trained to detect drugs and firearms during inspections of day care facilities or premises.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4152Issues distinctive epilepsy awareness license plates; establishes an epilepsy awareness fund and an epilepsy research and education program.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 4167Requires trucks to utilize commercial GPS designed for use by a commercial vehicle which is able to provide audible and visual warnings when the truck is on a route where the height, weight, width, or length of the truck exceeds the limitations of such route when operating on public highways in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michaelle SolagesA 4093Provides a personal income tax deduction for long term care insurance riders under life insurance policies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXAsm. Steve SternA 4117Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Karines ReyesA 4225Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a study of the technical and economic feasibility and ratepayer impact of a zero-emission electrical system and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4087Relates to the development of a scannable code that links to translations of work zone and truss type construction signs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Demond MeeksA 4100Establishes an emergency insulin program and corresponding emergency insulin program trust fund to facilitate emergency access to analog insulins.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4173Permits companies to assess various insurance quotes without having binding agreements with insurance brokers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCAsm. Michael ReillyA 4210Enacts "CJ's law" in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor to a class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand nor more than eight thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4120Protects renters using a housing subsidy or voucher, or receiving public assistance from discrimination by the housing provider based on such renters' income or use of such housing subsidy, voucher or public assistance.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCAsm. Michaelle SolagesS 4069Requires any municipality which conducts lead testing to provide notices to the owner and any tenants of a residence upon a positive test and inform the owner and any tenants of lead abatement programs and other resources; requires municipalities to notify tenants of lead testing.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayA 4137Allows school districts to permit home-schooled students to attend career education classes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Al StirpeS 4060Establishes the climate relocation planning and preparation act to prepare state government and regional planning councils for the possibility of increased in-migration to New York state due to climate change.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayA 4074Imposes an additional real estate transfer tax on the sale or transfer of single-family residential property by certain large investors in an amount equal to the sale price of the single-family residential property.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4175Requires certain state police vehicles to carry jumper cables; requires officers operating such vehicles offer to use such jumper cables on disabled vehicles.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4129Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or offer for sale of a decorative or facsimile license plate of a size, shape, color and design which is substantially similar to a license plate issued by the department of motor vehicles, such that such decorative or facsimile license plate appears to be a license plate issued by the department of motor vehicles.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4223Provides that absentee ballots shall not be mailed or delivered to a voter unless such voter has specifically requested to receive an absentee ballot.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David McDonoughA 4198Requires pharmacists to include lot numbers or unique identifying numbers on prescription containers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David McDonoughA 4133Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law; provides that in addition to the fines, such person may be enjoined from continuing such violation and any permit or certificate issued to such person may be revoked or suspended, or a pending renewal application may be denied.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Jo Anne SimonA 4178Designates February 21st as Mother Language Day, as a day of commemoration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Karines ReyesA 4138Authorizes the justice center to create a central registry for employees for all current and prospective agencies, sponsoring agencies or other providers of services that are certified, authorized, approved or funded through contract by the office for people with developmental disabilities to streamline criminal background checks.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Sam BergerA 4085Requires persons possessing any firearm to hold a firearms safety certificate; establishes application and training process therefor; makes technical corrections.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4143Requires the commissioner of education to establish standards, rules or regulations requiring that all chaperones or volunteers of school trips which involve taking students out of the state or out of the country be trained in first aid and to recognize certain medical emergencies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNAsm. David McDonoughA 4185Includes in facilitating aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle consenting to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person who is less than eighteen years of age who has never had a license or the privilege of operating such motor vehicle in this state and the vehicle is operated upon a public highway by such person resulting in physical injury to another person.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4071Requires the division of state police to send renewal notices to holders of a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver at least 90 days before expiration of such license.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Philip PalmesanoS 4084Relates to credits for charges in which services were not supplied; requires the city of New York to make certain that there are no charges being levied for services which were not supplied to a covered entity; requires accounts to be credited for services not provided.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4231Allows members of the Nassau County auxiliary police force to possess a police baton when authorized by the police commissioner of such county.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David McDonoughA 4111Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve; requires the department of education and the department of health to review data pertaining to the results of such screenings for local and statewide trends concerning teenage depression.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBHAsm. Nader SayeghA 4220Establishes the fire station construction grant program and the fire station construction fund; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Josh JensenA 4208Establishes statewide pilot programs for the purpose of promoting the use of alternatives to opioid treatment for individuals suffering from chronic lower back pain by offering access to nonpharmacologic treatments such as acupuncture and chiropractic services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Nader SayeghA 4194Exempts pet food from sales and compensating use taxes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David McDonoughA 4256Authorizes not-for-profit corporation inclusion as minority and women-owned enterprises.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4079Establishes a long COVID-19 review board for the purpose of reviewing the research and data in the state on long COVID and developing and disseminating findings, recommendations, and best practices to contribute to the prevention of long COVID.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBHAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4201Establishes the crime of stalking a police officer, peace officer, correction officer or firefighter to include intent to harass, annoy or alarm a police officer, peace officer, correction officer, firefighter or an immediate family member of a police officer, peace officer, correction officer or firefighter, intentionally engaging in a course of conduct directed at such person which is likely to cause such person to reasonably fear physical injury or serious physical injury, the commission of a sex offense against, or the kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment or death of such person or a member of such person's immediate family.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Michael ReillyA 4260Authorizes a fee waiver for applications to SUNY and CUNY if a prospective student, either a high school senior, or a person completing a gap year, submits and completes the FAFSA form.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamS 4072Requires insurance coverage of sonograms and other diagnostic procedures used to detect breast cancer for covered persons with a prior history of breast cancer or who have a first degree relative with a prior history of breast cancer.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Siela BynoeA 4098Establishes the first-generation homebuyer assistance program to provide a zero-interest, forgivable loan award in the amount of up to $15,000 to first-generation homebuyers.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4213Prohibits the discharge of bilge water into waters of the state from any vessel, watercraft, marina or mooring.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Keith BrownA 4186Prohibits roadside signage for the sale of cannabis or cannabis products on a highway, road, or other vehicular pathway; establishes that a civil penalty of $1,000 shall be assessed for the first offense and a subsequent fine of up to $2,500 for each day that a violation continues.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 4062Provides standards for correctional facilities in relation to medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders and the testing for opioid use when an individual is first incarcerated.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 4072Relates to mandatory early closure for premises that have had three of more law enforcement responses in a calendar month.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Scott GrayA 4238Retroactively adjusts the compensation of formerly incarcerated individuals who were unjustly convicted; exempts such adjusted income from state income taxes.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian Cunningham

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