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New York CNT bills, 2025-2026

Every New York bill filed under CNT in the 2025-2026 session, newest action first. Status, author, and last action are public; tracking, alerts, and analysis open with Connect Plus.

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CNT bills
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Signed into law
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Still moving

New York's 2025-2026 session has 27 bills filed under CNT. 1 has been signed into law, 0 vetoed, 0 failed, and 26 are still moving. By status: 22 introduced, 4 passed first house, and 1 signed into law. The most recent recorded action in this group was on June 5, 2026.

Sen. Liz Krueger (2), Asm. Amy Paulin (1), and Asm. Anna Kelles (1) have the most bills in this group. 14 started in the Assembly and 13 in the Senate. Every bill below links to its own page with the official summary, author and coauthors, recent actions, and committee of record.

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27 bills · showing the 27 with the most recent action · New York 2025–2026 Legislative Session

BillTitleStatusLast actionAuthor
A 5574Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego; removes the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county; allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner.New York · last action 2026-06-05Passed first house2026-06-05Asm. William BarclayS 1714Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; defines excited delirium.New York · last action 2026-05-13Passed first house2026-05-13Sen. Samra BroukA 5371Requires 911 call-takers and dispatchers to complete telecommunicator CPR training which shall include recognizing signs of cardiac arrest during emergency calls, providing instructions for initiating CPR instructions to callers, coordinating with emergency medical services dispatch, and using automated external defibrillators when available and appropriate.New York · last action 2026-05-11Passed first house2026-05-11Asm. Amy PaulinS 7053Authorizes counties to post local laws and notices via the internet where such county doesn't have a newspaper published within the county.New York · last action 2026-05-11Passed first house2026-05-11Sen. Lea WebbS 7261Requires 911 call-takers and dispatchers to complete telecommunicator CPR training which shall include recognizing signs of cardiac arrest during emergency calls, providing instructions for initiating CPR instructions to callers, coordinating with emergency medical services dispatch, and using automated external defibrillators when available and appropriate.New York · last action 2026-05-05Introduced2026-05-05Sen. Patricia FahyS 9718Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; defines eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.New York · last action 2026-04-02Introduced2026-04-02Sen. Cordell CleareA 162Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; defines eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Linda RosenthalA 956Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in paying quantities.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Joe AngelinoA 1465Relates to certain prostitution offenses and fines relating thereto; relates to motions to vacate judgment and motions for new sentencing; relates to investigation into acts alleged to be the unauthorized practice of massage therapy by potential victims of human trafficking; prohibits the possession of reproductive or sexual health devices from being permitted in specified criminal or civil proceedings as evidence of prostitution; relates to services for exploited individuals, services for victims of human trafficking and the interagency task force on human trafficking; establishes the victims of sexual exploitation fund; makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to prostitution, prostitution in a school zone, defense against patronizing a person for prostitution and a motion to dismiss information, simplified information, prosecutor's information or misdemeanor complaint.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Pamela HunterA 4895Requires every general hospital to report within seven days to the US consumer product safety commission with any report of any examination or inquiry prepared with respect to any death or serious injury occurring to a child determined to be caused by either a children's product or a durable juvenile product.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Kwani O'PharrowA 5624Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act; requires the coroner, coroner and coroner's physician, or the medical examiner, to conduct a mental health assessment when a death occurs in such person's jurisdiction; requires death certificates list an underlying mental illness as the cause of death when a person commits suicide; requires life insurance policies to pay upon a suicide which the coroner, coroner and coroner's physician, or the medical examiner indicated an underlying mental illness as the cause of death.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Nikki LucasA 5644Authorizes the county of Cattaraugus to discontinue as reforested lands certain reforested lands in the town of Perrysburg.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Joe SempolinskiA 6560Relates to the transfer, acceptance, or purchase of military weapons from the United States government; prohibits participation in the 1033 federal excess property program; provides exceptions.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Phara Souffrant ForrestA 7092Requires all individuals pawning goods to present two forms of identification and for pawnbrokers to keep records of such person; requires pawnbrokers to report new goods within 24 hours of their receipt to the sheriff and they may not be sold or destroyed for 15 days; requires the sheriff to compile a list of goods stolen within the county.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. James PretlowA 7122Empowers district attorneys to review and release at their discretion, all footage from body worn cameras utilized by law enforcement agencies within the county of such district attorney.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Edward GibbsA 8262Authorizes counties to post local laws and notices via the internet where such county doesn't have a newspaper published within the county.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Asm. Anna KellesS 239Relates to the transfer, acceptance, or purchase of military weapons from the United States government; prohibits participation in the 1033 federal excess property program; provides exceptions.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Sen. Liz KruegerS 1661Creates a board to review officer-involved deaths and near deaths.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Sen. Jamaal BaileyS 2005Relates to certain prostitution offenses and fines relating thereto; relates to motions to vacate judgment and motions for new sentencing; relates to investigation into acts alleged to be the unauthorized practice of massage therapy by potential victims of human trafficking; prohibits the possession of reproductive or sexual health devices from being permitted in specified criminal or civil proceedings as evidence of prostitution; relates to services for exploited individuals, services for victims of human trafficking and the interagency task force on human trafficking; establishes the victims of sexual exploitation fund; makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to prostitution, prostitution in a school zone, defense against patronizing a person for prostitution and a motion to dismiss information, simplified information, prosecutor's information or misdemeanor complaint.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Sen. Liz KruegerS 3540Authorizes the county of Cattaraugus to discontinue as reforested lands certain reforested lands in the town of Perrysburg.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Sen. George BorrelloS 5712Requires any elected or appointed coroner who is not a licensed physician to be a certified nurse practitioner or licensed physician assistant authorized to practice medicine in this state.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Sen. James SkoufisS 7092Relates to creating an appeals process for the district attorney in the county where the crime was committed where family members of a victim or persons residing in a county where an offender committed a crime can appeal the board's decision to release the offender if the offender committed certain criminal offenses.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Sen. Andrew LanzaS 8305Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego; removes the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county; allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner.New York · last action 2026-01-07Introduced2026-01-07Sen. Mark WalczykS 8415Enacts into law components of legislation necessary to implement an omnibus bill related to correctional services in the state of New York; requires the timely disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals to the attorney general's office of special investigations (Part A); requires institutions and local correctional facilities to adhere to certain standards regarding the camera coverage of incarcerated individuals and detainees, and access to such camera recordings (Part B); provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision; requires the department to promptly notify the next of kin and any other person designated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody (Part C); directs the state commission of correction 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 (Part D); establishes the Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act requiring autopsy reports to include all photographs of the body, microscopic slides, and post-mortem x-rays taken by, at the direction of, or reviewed by the person performing the autopsy (Part E); relates to conflicts within the office of special investigation; provides that if the office of the attorney general has a conflict representing state employees in civil litigation, the attorney general may designate a deputy attorney general or assistant attorney general to act in their place; requires the attorney general to establish procedures to screen off certain records (part F); requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to collect and report on data from the office of special investigations regarding complaints received by such office in the previous quarter (Part G); increases the number of members on the state commission of correction; provides for the manner of confirmation of such members (Part H); relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time with 24 hours advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities (Part I); relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody (Part J).New York · last action 2025-12-19Chaptered/Signed2025-12-19Sen. Julia SalazarA 8871Enacts into law components of legislation necessary to implement an omnibus bill related to correctional services in the state of New York; requires the timely disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals to the attorney general's office of special investigations (Part A); requires institutions and local correctional facilities to adhere to certain standards regarding the camera coverage of incarcerated individuals and detainees, and access to such camera recordings (Part B); provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision; requires the department to promptly notify the next of kin and any other person designated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody (Part C); directs the state commission of correction 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 (Part D); establishes the Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act requiring autopsy reports to include all photographs of the body, microscopic slides, and post-mortem x-rays taken by, at the direction of, or reviewed by the person performing the autopsy (Part E); relates to conflicts within the office of special investigation; provides that if the office of the attorney general has a conflict representing state employees in civil litigation, the attorney general may designate a deputy attorney general or assistant attorney general to act in their place; requires the attorney general to establish procedures to screen off certain records (part F); requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to collect and report on data from the office of special investigations regarding complaints received by such office in the previous quarter (Part G); increases the number of members on the state commission of correction; provides for the manner of confirmation of such members (Part H); relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time with 24 hours advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities (Part I); relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody (Part J).New York · last action 2025-06-12Introduced2025-06-12Asm. Erik DilanA 697Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; defines excited delirium.New York · last action 2025-06-06Introduced2025-06-06Asm. Jessica González-RojasS 7436Requires counties and/or cities to establish a plan for providing legal counsel to persons who are defendants or respondents in eviction, ejectment and foreclosure proceedings and who are financially unable to obtain counsel; defines eligible person as one whose gross individual income is not in excess of one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income official poverty line; requires the state to match dollar for dollar the amount counties appropriate for their plans.New York · last action 2025-04-16Introduced2025-04-16Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal

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