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S 315Establishes a temporary New York craft beverage permit for all New York state manufactured liquor, spirits, wine, beer, cider and mead for events located in a municipality with a population of less than one million.New York · last action 2026-02-26Passed first houseS 378Directs the education department and OCFS to prepare posters and pamphlets with information regarding higher education funding opportunities for foster youth.New York · last action 2026-02-26Passed first houseS 487Designates August thirty-first of each year as a day of commemoration to be known as "Overdose Awareness Day".New York · last action 2026-02-26Passed first houseA 1080Establishes a mandatory statewide, classroom-based water safety education program; provides that the commissioner of education shall work with New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance certified educators to develop and promulgate a statewide, age-appropriate, classroom-based water safety education guidance document; provides that within twenty-four months of the effective date of the bill, the department of education shall initiate statewide implementation of water safety education; provides that instruction shall be classroom-based and waterless and shall not require student access to aquatic facilities, swimming instruction, or in-water assessment.New York · last action 2026-02-26IntroducedS 1424Prohibits discrimination of students on school property or at a school function based on religious attire, clothing or facial hair.New York · last action 2026-02-26Passed first houseA 1862Increases the amount for awards made to crime victims; specifies certain items of personal property which are necessary and essential to the welfare of a claimant.New York · last action 2026-02-26IntroducedS 2027Creates a banking development district working group to assess the banking development district program and provide an annual report to the governor and legislature on the strengths and weaknesses of such program; defines unbanked and underbanked.New York · last action 2026-02-26Passed first houseS 2327Requires 10% of the penalties imposed by the superintendent of financial services to be deposited in the community development financial institution fund.New York · last action 2026-02-26IntroducedS 3084Relates to requiring a service center for independent living to be located in the county of Ontario.New York · last action 2026-02-26IntroducedS 361Enacts the "NYCHA utility accountability act"; requires the NYCHA to provide a rent reduction to tenants who experience a disruption in utility service.New York · last action 2026-02-25IntroducedS 595Establishes the small rental housing development initiative to provide funding to eligible applicants to construct small rental housing developments in eligible areas.New York · last action 2026-02-25Passed first houseS 659Relates 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 2026-02-25Passed first houseS 1130Protects 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 2026-02-25Passed first houseA 1193Provides tax abatement related to the removal of lead-based paint; defines terms.New York · last action 2026-02-25IntroducedS 1269Provides for the use of airway clearance devices in schools; provides for training for school employees.New York · last action 2026-02-25IntroducedS 1529Establishes the carbon farming certification committee for the purpose of developing a certification framework, determining qualified carbon removal practices eligible for the carbon farming tax credit, and promulgating certification standards for qualified carbon removal practices; provides for the development of educational materials to encourage carbon farming by promoting farming practices which reduce, sequester and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions on land used in support of a farm operation; establishes carbon farming tax credits.New York · last action 2026-02-25Passed first houseA 1856Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance, in conjunction with the office of mental health and the office of children and family services, to develop a mental illness training course to be utilized by providers of temporary housing assistance to focus on recognizing signs and symptoms of mental illness.New York · last action 2026-02-25IntroducedS 1850Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.New York · last action 2026-02-25IntroducedS 1961Establishes the "secure our data act"; relates to cybersecurity protection by state entities; requires the office of information technology services to develop standards for data protection of state entity-maintained information.New York · last action 2026-02-25Passed first houseS 2447Clarifies the standard for intentional discrimination or retaliation claims by requiring a person or persons prove that an unlawful motivation was a motivating factor and not "the sole motivating factor" or a "but-for cause" of the challenged treatment.New York · last action 2026-02-25Passed first houseS 2542Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.New York · last action 2026-02-25IntroducedS 2611Permits participation in games of bingo by minors who are accompanied by an adult.New York · last action 2026-02-25Passed first houseS 371Creates a wholesale prescription drug importation program which complies with federal standards and regulations for the purpose of generating substantial savings for consumers.New York · last action 2026-02-24Passed first houseS 893Relates to the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes; imposes limits as to time and documentation; requires informed consent under certain circumstances.New York · last action 2026-02-24IntroducedA 1039Establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing a planned or unplanned primary cesarean section.New York · last action 2026-02-24Passed first houseS 1571Provides funding for abortion services and travel-related expenses not covered by the military for active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses or dependents, who are New York state residents.New York · last action 2026-02-24IntroducedS 1618Enacts the "New York affordable drug manufacturing act" to direct the commissioner of health to enter into partnerships to increase competition, lower prices, and address shortages in the market for generic prescription drugs, to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for public and private purchasers, taxpayers, and consumers, and to increase patient access to affordable drugs.New York · last action 2026-02-24Passed first houseS 1796Includes services provided by certified recovery peer advocates and certain services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage.New York · last action 2026-02-24IntroducedS 1733Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations.New York · last action 2026-02-24Passed first houseS 1892Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include persons and accompanying staff of the chief executive officer of a county, members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the New York city council.New York · last action 2026-02-24Passed first houseA 2010Requires that notice be given to the borough president or presidents, the council member or members, the senator or senators, the member or members of assembly and the district managers of the affected community board or boards when there is a change in service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the New York city transit authority.New York · last action 2026-02-24Passed first houseS 2128Requires certain health insurance issuers to certify that at least a majority of prescription drug rebates are provided to patients at the point of sale.New York · last action 2026-02-24Passed first houseS 2480Directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish a pilot program to install a microgrid in Glenwood Houses; requires the authority to annually report on the results of such program and any recommendations for expansion.New York · last action 2026-02-24IntroducedS 655Enacts the accountability for development assistance act; standardizes applications for state development assistance; requires submission of certain development assistance agreements to the department of taxation and finance; requires recipients of certain development assistance to submit progress reports which include certain information and disclosures.New York · last action 2026-02-23IntroducedS 956Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program which shall provide grants within amounts appropriated or otherwise available therefor to affordable independent senior housing properties to establish and operate resident assistance programs.New York · last action 2026-02-13IntroducedA 559Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a serious health condition or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.New York · last action 2026-02-12IntroducedA 1420Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.New York · last action 2026-02-12IntroducedS 116Extends the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses, reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; exempts such actions from certain provisions requiring notice of claims.New York · last action 2026-02-11Passed first houseS 317Requires 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 2026-02-11Passed first houseA 488Requires the health commissioner to establish an online standardized medical physical examination form.New York · last action 2026-02-11IntroducedS 1425Relates to establishing a uniform metric for measuring noise impacts that will be used by airports for the purpose of noise exposure maps and noise compatibility programs.New York · last action 2026-02-11Passed first houseS 1929Adjusts the regional labor force cost index for the Hudson Valley region for the 2025--2026 school year and thereafter.New York · last action 2026-02-11IntroducedS 2067Establishes the veteran career assistance program within the SUNY and CUNY systems to provide veterans with assistance in resume writing and employment placement services.New York · last action 2026-02-11Passed first houseA 2386Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of office of members of the legislature to four years and limit the terms of office a member of the legislature may serve.New York · last action 2026-02-11IntroducedA 2388Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits.New York · last action 2026-02-11IntroducedS 2497Permits the admissibility of testimony that a person reported acts of discrimination to another person in a civil trial under the human rights law, including the contents of such report.New York · last action 2026-02-11Passed first houseS 2597Establishes standards for public access to family court proceedings and when a judge can exclude individuals from proceedings.New York · last action 2026-02-11Passed first houseS 83Relates to establishing the crime of larceny by cyber extortion which occurs when a person intends to obtain property from another person or entity located in the state of New York through the use of certain malicious software.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 196Removes language requiring the state from moving public safety surcharge funds into the state general fund; increases from seventy-five million dollars to one million dollars available for grants or reimbursements to counties for the development, consolidation, or operation of public safety communications systems or networks designed to support statewide interoperable communications for first responders.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 195Prohibits the sale of vape products that resemble school supplies, toys, or are packaged or advertised in any way to appeal to or target minors or the youth population.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 353Provides for the appointment of the state medicaid director by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 672Relates to the completion and funding of environmental restoration projects.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 898Relates to compensation paid to persons employed in positions requiring foreign language skills; establishes career ladders for persons holding such positions; establishes supervisory positions for persons required to have foreign language skills.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 939Establishes a fund for the creation of affordable housing for veterans and seniors.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 925Relates to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance and reporting of vacant and abandoned properties, and reporting and release of information; provides for the sharing of information between municipalities; provides for enforcement for failure to report on abandoned and vacant properties.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 1062Directs the council on the arts to establish criteria and guidelines for the establishment of state designated arts and cultural districts.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 1111Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten program or daycare program under the laws of the state.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 1090Requires dental insurance coverage to be offered to employees that is effective immediately upon the starting date of employment.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 1088Requires health insurance for state officers and employees who receive health insurance benefits from the state to take effect immediately upon employment.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 1145Increases the contribution that a resident taxpayer may make to family tuition accounts during a taxable year.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 1329Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the provision of customer service.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 1377Creates a legislative task force on outdoor environmental education and recreation that will benefit residents of New York state by fostering stewardship and conservation of the environment, and an appreciation of the importance of the wise use of natural resources as well as acknowledgment of the health benefits of time spent in nature.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 1458Removes the requirement that rent arrears be repaid for social services districts located in a municipality with a population of five million or more.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 1757Relates to the unearned income of a child when the parent or non-parent caregiver chooses to exclude such child from the public assistance household.New York · last action 2026-02-10Passed first houseS 1994Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible for child care assistance.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 2721Establishes the mobile and manufactured home replacement program to eliminate older mobile and manufactured homes and replace them with new manufactured, modular or site-built homes; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 3068Calls for the state to subsidize a portion of closing costs for certain individuals who have been tenants of public housing projects or rent subsidized housing for the previous five years.New York · last action 2026-02-10IntroducedS 600Requires certain municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive at least one hour of environmentally conscious planning training annually.New York · last action 2026-02-09Passed first houseS 1188Requires a 120-day warning period for violations at congressionally chartered veterans' organization facilities.New York · last action 2026-02-09Passed first houseS 1336Relates to enacting the "N.Y. state digital equity plan act"; requires the division of broadband access to develop a state digital equity plan to increase broadband access to underserved populations by January 1, 2027.New York · last action 2026-02-09Passed first houseS 1857Establishes a three-year pilot hospital medical debt relief program to provide hospital medical debt relief to eligible residents of the state utilizing a not-for-profit organization to identify, acquire and cancel medical debt of such eligible residents directly from health care providers in the state.New York · last action 2026-02-09IntroducedS 2217Requires that notice be given to the borough president or presidents, the council member or members, the senator or senators, the member or members of assembly and the district managers of the affected community board or boards when there is a change in service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the New York city transit authority.New York · last action 2026-02-09IntroducedS 2235Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status; prohibits an educational agency, higher education agency, school employee, school safety personnel, or third-party contractor from collecting information about a person's citizenship, immigration status, nationality, or country of origin, unless required by law or necessary to administer a public program or benefit sought by such person.New York · last action 2026-02-09IntroducedS 2324Relates to the sale or transfer of certain real property by the state or public authorities; requires mandatory review by the attorney general and comptroller of the sale of certain real property; requires notice to members of the legislature and county executives in districts and counties in which land subject to transfer is located of the proposed transfer of state property between state departments, divisions, bureaus, agencies, state agencies, or to a public authority or public benefit corporation.New York · last action 2026-02-09Passed first houseA 136Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.New York · last action 2026-02-06Chaptered/SignedA 964Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city contained in whole or in part within the same assembly district, county or adjoining county as the court such justice serves or in an assembly district contiguous to such municipality where the court is located, provided such assembly district is contained entirely within a single county; sets forth residence requirements where an assembly district encompasses two or more counties; authorizes towns and villages to require that any person who serves as a town or village justice be admitted to practice law in the state.New York · last action 2026-02-06IntroducedA 3030Establishes the New York native plants program to conserve, promote, and enhance the native ecology of New York state by encouraging the use of native plants and ecological-friendly methods and materials on state and local land.New York · last action 2026-02-06IntroducedS 190Establishes the payment of certain volunteer firefighter and volunteer ambulance worker death benefits shall be within ninety days of the filing of application to receive such death benefit.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 373Prohibits confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions from inclusion in contracts pertaining to economic development, entered into by the state or a municipality or any party negotiating on behalf of such governmental entity.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 489Refers individuals to appropriate service providers that are able to provide services to such individual within seventy-two hours for substance use disorders.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 555Relates to requiring a medical facility or related service to obtain express prior written consent before filming and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 620Relates to the practice of professional geology.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 681Prohibits fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of employees; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseA 682Relates to the regulation and licensing of employer-integrated and non-verified on-demand pay providers.New York · last action 2026-02-05IntroducedS 866Relates to re-defining the term physically helpless to mean an individual who is physically unable to communicate affirmative consent through words or clear actions that offer permission and a willingness to engage in sexual activity.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 1012Prohibits public utilities from using funds or being reimbursed by funds raised from ratepayers for contributions or gifts to political candidates, trade associations, public charities, and lobbyists, and for certain travel, entertainment and educational expenditures.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 1468Relates to the provision of patient health information and medical records; expands the definition of medical records to include all health related records; prohibits fees for providing certain records.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 1540Relates to hearing procedures for certain public employees; provides that the recommendation of a hearing officer in relation to designated managerial and confidential employees shall be considered final and not subject to change or modification.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 1619Allows a licensed pharmacist to order and administer certain tests.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 1731Renames an office of addiction services and supports scholarship program the "NYS Father Peter Young Memorial Addiction Professionals Scholarship Program"; codifies the purposes of such program as offering financial education assistance to individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in addiction studies or the education requirements for an office of addiction services and supports credential at Alfred State College, Stony Brook University or Empire State University.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 1919Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 1896Requires electric corporations, gas corporations, steam corporations and water-works corporations to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission unless such utility can successfully demonstrate that such authorized rates do not meet their capital and/or operating needs.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 2040Requires transmitters of money to provide a warning which informs consumers of certain fraudulent activities that may occur.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 2505Establishes a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on the presence of educator diversity in the state, state actions taken to promote educator diversity, and how the state can encourage new initiatives to enhance and promote educator diversity in New York; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseA 2647Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs.New York · last action 2026-02-05IntroducedS 2534Provides retroactivity to the original date of eligibility for the senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent increase exemption (DRIE).New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 3029Provides for the licensing of genetic counselors; creates the state board for genetic counseling.New York · last action 2026-02-05Passed first houseS 355Relates to program eligibility for plans comparable to Medicare part D; provides for analysis of health plans by the department of health to determine whether such health plans meet or exceed the Medicare part D standard; requires the department of health, in consultation with the department of financial services, to notify prescription drug insurers of the provisions of this act.New York · last action 2026-02-04Passed first houseS 420Provides that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product or package is recyclable unless it can be collected, separated or otherwise recovered from the waste stream through an established recycling program for reuse or use in manufacturing or assembling another item; requires the department of environmental conservation to develop regulations on types and forms of plastic products and packaging for which a claim of recyclability may be made; requires all rigid plastic containers sold in this state be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce such container; makes related provisions.New York · last action 2026-02-04IntroducedS 496Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.New York · last action 2026-02-04Passed first house
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