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S 4101Provides counsel appointed in the supreme court or surrogate's court for certain family matters shall be compensated in the same manner as law guardians in the family court of this state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4081Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school; contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school districts; need not be uniform throughout the state; school districts shall utilize either the curriculum for health education instruction regarding food, agriculture and nutrition prescribed by the commissioner or a course approved by the commissioner in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4105Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4265Requires sex offenders to register information no later than three days after any changes; requires local law enforcement to submit all change of address and internet access provider forms to the registry.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Josh JensenA 4247Provides that no class or any other course of instruction shall be held in any institution within the state or city university on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David McDonoughS 4100Provides for the re-enfranchisement of voters with felony convictions by repealing certain provisions in the election law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4095Relates to the creation of the empire state music production tax credit.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Kevin ParkerS 4080Requires school districts to establish a language assistance program for limited English proficient parents of students; requires record keeping and annual reporting; permits districts to jointly establish such programs.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Kevin ParkerA 4271Awards grants to municipalities for any non-transportation related capital improvement projects with a maximum cumulative grant award not exceeding $250,000; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Josh JensenA 4269Provides that a minor from six to sixteen years being absent from full time day instruction for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military honors funeral held in this state for a deceased veteran shall be excused from school.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Josh JensenS 4092Relates to establishing a cost of living adjustment for members of the legislature, which provides a mechanism for increasing or decreasing the member's allowance at the same rate as increases or decreases in the median household income.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4093Enacts the "language barrier to justice elimination act"; establishes standards for court interpreters and a procedure for waiver of a non-English speaking person's right to an interpreter in any proceeding.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4088Relates to representation in certain real property actions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4275Requires the state board of elections to conduct a background check on all candidates which appear on a ballot.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedELNAsm. Keith BrownA 4243Exempts Wantagh union free school district from laws, rules, or regulations regarding the use of indigenous names, mascots, and logos.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. David McDonoughS 4085Relates 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 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4257Relates to providing secondary school pupils and adults in career education programs access to programs/courses sufficient to comprise a career major in electric vehicle maintenance and repair; establishes the working group on electric vehicle career education achievement.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4272Includes statistics on childbirth complications, fetal losses, other injuries and other maternity outcomes in information for maternity patients.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4268Requires windows in newly constructed multiple dwellings with two or more stories to be fitted with key-operated window locks that restrict the window from opening more than four inches.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamA 4261Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a mandatory bicycle with electric assist and electric scooter training course; directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish an optional bicycle training course.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamS 4094Includes that health certificates furnished by each student upon their entrance into school shall include an assessment of the student for eating disorders pursuant to the assessment standards established by the commissioner of health.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4267Provides certain relief for persons who are victims of identity theft; provides for destruction or sealing of certain police and court records and for issuance of an identity theft passport.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Josh JensenS 4086Relates to providing net revenues from utility-owned large-scale renewable generation projects to low-income customers; authorizes utility companies to own such projects; provides that the commission shall require labor agreements and labor peace agreements.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4263Increases the income eligibility threshold for the tuition assistance program up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamS 4104Provides that residential buildings shall be deemed eligible buildings for the green building tax credit.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4079Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when such person engages in a course of conduct against a member of such person's same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial information; provides that coercive control is a class E felony.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4106Requires credit reporting agencies to furnish proof of identity theft to creditors upon debtor's request.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerA 4264Requires the department of agriculture and markets to develop and maintain a database on the impact of climate change on agriculture; requires farmers to report to the department on the impact of climate change on agriculture, including but not limited to crops grown, outcomes and yield.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedAsm. Brian CunninghamS 4173Enacts the reproductive health care facilities and religious worship access act; provides that the crime of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship shall be established by the mens rea of knowingly injuring, intimidating or interfering with a person obtaining or providing or assisting in obtaining or providing reproductive health services or a place of religious worship; includes in the definition of such crime engaging in a course of conduct or repeatedly committing acts within twenty-five feet of the premises of a reproductive health care facility or a place of religious worship; defines such premises; provides for a civil cause of action for any person harmed by conduct constituting such a crime.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4109Extends the term for claiming unclaimed property from three to five years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4182Relates to the designation of Good Friday as a public holiday.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4127Establishes a statewide pilot program modeled after the NYC social impact bond project to lower recidivism and improve the lives of 16-18 year olds in New York's correctional facilities.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4130Provides legal assistance to youth ordered by the court into the custody of the office of children and family services and placed or committed to a state operated juvenile detention center.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4112Establishes a task force to study the creation of a quantum computing project to make recommendations on how to utilize quantum computing for the purposes of developing computers for civilian, business, trade, environmental and security purposes, such as cryptanalysis, in this state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4131Directs the superintendent of financial services to promulgate rules and regulations limiting the use of credit scores to determine automobile insurance premiums.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4151Increases age eligibility for certain programs and benefits to age twenty-two for students with a disability.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 4117Provides for the sealing of unfounded, exonerated, and pending claims made against law enforcement officers; requires such claims to be redacted from disciplinary records.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 4168Establishes the temporary state commission on intimate partner violence, within the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to study, report on and make recommendations on the prevalence, causes, effects, risks and costs of such violence.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4183Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers who donate blood to a blood bank four or more times in a year; specifies such tax credit to be five hundred dollars.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4137Relates to establishing full-service community schools to improve student outcomes through a systematic effort designed to coordinate educational programs with essential health, mental health and enrichment services and facilitate parental involvement in their children's education.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4178Establishes a workgroup to conduct analysis on the ambulatory patient group rates and commercial insurance rates for behavioral health services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedMHYSen. Kevin ParkerS 4158Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBSSen. Liz KruegerS 4177Establishes the New York state celiac disease awareness and research fund; provides for education on celiac disease awareness.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4175Provides for the award of attorney's fees in actions under the human rights law.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4145Relates to chemical testing for prospective foster parents; includes, but is not limited to drug and alcohol testing; authorizes office of children and family services to issue random chemical testing, including but not limited to, drug testing, to foster parents.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSOSSen. Kevin ParkerS 4161Relates to requiring training for teachers and administrators in the area of childhood trauma after January 1, 2026.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEDNSen. Jamaal BaileyS 4159Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study regarding ecological literacy and healthy living curriculum in schools, and to provide recommendations in a report.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 4141Expands the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse to include employees, volunteers, or agents of any corporate entity having an agreement with a municipality as a homeless shelter provider and the development of procedures related thereto.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSOSSen. Kevin ParkerS 4170Ensures language assistance services by state agencies; requires state agencies to maintain records of the primary language spoken by any individual seeking such assistance; requires state agencies to submit an annual report on language services.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4126Provides a period of probable usefulness for the acquisition, construction or reconstruction of or addition to a solar array or solar panel system, whether or not including buildings, land or rights in land, original furnishings, equipment, machinery or apparatus, or the replacement of such equipment, machinery or apparatus.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Peter HarckhamS 4120Provides for the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists encompassing the assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and treatment of mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral disorders through the use of music.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 4125Modifies the definition of disorderly conduct for family offense proceedings to not require an intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, but merely an intent to cause annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Rachel MayS 4135Provides for the establishment of life long learning centers within the state university of New York to provide courses in community colleges and colleges and universities in the state university system for persons 40 years old or older who are seeking to explore life options, remain civically engaged, continue their education and acquire skills for or begin to plan for a second career.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4171Directs the commissioner of education for the state of New York to revamp the structure of school districts statewide creating one school district per county.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4185Increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting to a class E felony.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4113Relates to capital program plans; provides that the MTA shall submit to the MTA capital program review board two capital program plans on or before January 31, 2030 and every fifth year thereafter; provides that all future capital program plans be submitted January 31 of the required years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4167Provides that youth leaving court ordered placement (foster care) shall be presumptive eligible for medicaid.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4149Enhances criminal investigations and prosecutions in relation to the integrity of statements of those accused of crimes and to promote confidence in the criminal justice system.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Julia SalazarS 4160Relates to providing voice communication services to incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities at no cost.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 4169Establishes the office of nutrition and fitness to protect the public from preventable diseases causally related to obesity by developing and implementing a plan to educate and encourage health and nutrition in the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4115Instructs the department of financial services to regulate consumer reporting agencies by requiring licensing of credit reporting agencies, and allowing the department to examine the books and records of consumer reporting agencies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4174Requires health insurers to provide full coverage for the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder; establishes an advisory panel on health insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder to annually compile a list of treatments and therapy options for which health insurers will be required to provide coverage; establishes a toll-free, 24 hour a day, autism and health insurance coverage hotline to receive and act upon complaints and questions from families with autistic children, relating to insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4176Enacts the "Empire State Windfall Profits Tax Act", establishing an excise tax on the quarterly receipts of a company experiencing a profit windfall.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4164Requires certain motor vehicles to have rear passenger detection warning systems.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 4108Provides that an owner of a residential building which has been deemed unsafe because of an arson related fire shall be charged the actual cost of demolition.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4134Enacts the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act"; provides domestic violence victims and crime victims with supervision while taking depositions; directs the court to provide a secure location within the courthouse, and a court officer, for such persons taking depositions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4166Relates to taxpayers affected by a federal government shutdown by granting an extension for those who are furloughed and expediting their tax refunds.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Jamaal BaileyS 4138Establishes a legislative intelligence committee to provide oversight, review, approval and audits of appropriations and expenditures of counterterrorism agencies.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4132Prohibits a charitable organization from using any charitable donations that the charitable organization receives to make any sort of payment that arises as a term of a confidentiality agreement or closed settlement agreement.New York · last action 2026-01-07Passed first houseSen. Kevin ParkerS 4122Clarifies that the New York state health insurance program remains subject to certain provisions of the financial services law and coverage for usual and customary costs for out-of-network health care service.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 4156Relates to establishing the state of New York public bank to use the state's depository assets to generate additional benefit for the people and the economy of the state.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. James SandersS 4179Prohibits utility companies from certain replevin actions; provides that the continued provision of all or any part of gas, electric and steam service to all residential and commercial customers without unreasonable qualifications or lengthy delays is necessary for the preservation of the health and general welfare and is in the public interest; establishes the seizure of electric, gas, or steam meters is against the public interest.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBSSen. Kevin ParkerS 4139Relates to increasing the tax on alcohol; provides that one hundred percent of the taxes, interest, penalties and fees collected or received by the commissioner shall be allocated to the general fund.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Kevin ParkerS 4181Includes toys contaminated with a toxic substance within hazardous toys subject to specific regulations and protections.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4118Establishes a veteran tax deduction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedTAXSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 4184Relates to a public awareness educational program on heroin; makes an appropriation therefor.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPenalSen. Kevin ParkerS 4123Preserves the ability of health care providers to access the independent dispute resolution process.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 4119Provides for insurance coverage for electrolysis procedures to stop the growth of hair, when deemed medically necessary.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedISCSen. Jessica Scarcella-SpantonS 4114Increases the frequency that visitation or inspections of facilities operated or licensed by the office for people with developmental disabilities must be made each year.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4148Allows a district attorney to file a petition to seek the imposition of residency restrictions for certain sex offenders; allows a sex offender subject to a residency restriction to petition the court which imposed such restriction for an order terminating or modifying such residency restriction.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Luis SepúlvedaS 4142Requires the disclosure of bedbug infestation history for the previous year to prospective lessees; does not apply to cities with a population of one million or more; includes co-op sales and co-op and condo rentals in addition to other types of rentals.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4180Enacts the New York state excess food act which provides for mandatory donation of consumable food products; provides mandatory composting of appropriate materials; establishes the New York state excess food fund which will be funded by fines collected from violations of the New York state excess food act.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4107Authorizes the chancellor of the city district to control and operate certain specialized high schools in the city of New York; establishes a commission on middle school achievement to provide guidance, advice, and make recommendations to the chancellor of the city district on matters pertaining to education policy, performance and innovation in New York city middle schools; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4124Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to establish a do-not-solicit solar development statewide registry prohibiting solar solicitors from contacting persons who are included on such registry; establishes requirements for solar solicitors who make solar marketing sales calls, electronic messaging, and on-premises sales appeals to customers in New York state; establishes penalties for violations.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Michelle HincheyS 4154Relates to certain discriminatory practices; relates to the qualification of professionals in education; provides for the tolling of certain statutes of limitations; provides a private cause of action for a person who is qualified for a public contract who has been deprived of equal opportunity to such public contract.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedEXCSen. James SandersS 4147Enhances enforcement of laws requiring proper and readable license plates and vehicle identification numbers; increases penalties including booting.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jeremy CooneyS 4116Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study the feasibility and impact of installing sliding access doors on subway platforms.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4128Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings for awarding shared parenting of minor children in the absence of an allegation that shared parenting would be detrimental to the best interests of the child; establishes an order of preference in awarding custody; defines shared parenting and parenting plan.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4163Enacts the "health insurance preauthorization disclosure act"; requires health insurance companies to provide participating health care providers with a list of health care treatments and services that require preauthorization from the health insurance company.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Jamaal BaileyS 4136Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4110Requires telephone companies to disclose information to subscribers regarding the backup power solution for their voice service equipment.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4129Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state in solicitation letter the interest rate to be applied to such loan and to demonstrate the total cost of loan in a dollar amount, at interest rate, over periods of six months, one year, and three years.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4111Creates the cell phone users' bill of rights; provides that customers be given a thirty-day trial period; provides that a customer shall not be liable for calls or messages that were not made from the customer's phone; provides that a company shall be liable to the customer for violating these provisions.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Leroy ComrieS 4186Relates to members and powers of intergovernmental relations councils.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4144Requires state agencies to provide labor organizations with certified payroll records of the contractors hired to perform public work by such agency.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4172Establishes a career explorations class to integrate academic and vocational education, link secondary and post-secondary education and provide learning activities and mentoring at the work site; provides students with school-based learning and work-based learning.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4133Requires the registration of mail-in second-hand precious metals dealers with the department of state; regulates the conduct of the business thereof.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin ParkerS 4150Relates to the availability of opioid reversal agents; requires the department of health to make available any formulation and dosage of opioid reversal agents approved by the federal food and drug administration.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedPBHSen. Peter HarckhamS 4121Protects people from civil arrest while within one thousand feet of a sensitive location, unless such civil arrest is supported by a judicial warrant or judicial order authorizing such civil arrest.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Robert JacksonS 4140Enacts the "protection in the workplace act"; provides that injuries to employees as a result of the commission of a sexual offense shall entitle such employee to all rights and benefits available pursuant to the workers' compensation law and, in addition, shall permit such employee to pursue any other remedies available at law or in equity; clarifies that workers' compensation should be exclusive remedy except when the employee suffers personal injury as a result of a sexual offense committed by a co-worker.New York · last action 2026-01-07IntroducedSen. Kevin Parker

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