New York State Senator

Andrew Hevesi 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 25)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04879

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and the treatment and care of birthing parents in such institutions and facilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04877

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/20/26  
Refer
5/20/26  
Report Pass
5/20/26  
Relates to enacting the rent emergency stabilization for tenants act on local determinations of a housing emergency; authorizes a city with a population of one million or more to declare an emergency as to any class of housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations in such class within such municipality is not in excess of five percent and a declaration of emergency may be made as to all housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations within such municipality is not in excess of five percent; authorizes other cities, towns and villages to declare a housing emergency after considering publicly available data and holding public hearings.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04876

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Requires that public schools provide instruction on climate change, including but not limited to identifying the causes and impacts of climate change on individuals, environments and communities, and learning to evaluate solutions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04938

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/5/25  
Refer
5/5/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians, including requiring certain trainings during work hours without a loss of pay; requires certain reporting by bidders for telecommunication contracts.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04906

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Provides that the weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing: on or after January first, two thousand twenty-eight shall be fifty percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-nine shall be fifty-five percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand thirty shall be sixty percent of the employee's weekly average wage but shall not exceed sixty percent of the state average weekly wage; and on or after January first of each succeeding year, shall be sixty-seven percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent of the state average weekly wage.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04940

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent and for modification of such orders.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05020

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Establishes a co-navigation services program for persons who are deaf-blind to provide services to a person who is deaf-blind that assist the person to physically access the person's environment and to make informed decisions, including providing visual and environmental information or sighted guide services and assisting with communication accessibility by communicating in the preferred language and communication mode of the person who is deaf-blind.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04901

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully autonomous vehicle; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04899

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Refer
5/5/26  
Report Pass
5/29/26  
Refer
5/29/26  
Requires law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment as part of the standardized domestic incident report form when responding to incidents of domestic violence.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06029

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Relates to providing education and outreach programs related to home visiting programs which provide support for pregnant and parenting families, and have been proven to improve outcomes for mothers, infants, and families; provides that such information shall include information on services available from such programs, eligibility, and relevant contact information.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06025

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Exempts from jury duty prospective jurors who are age seventy-five or older who make a request to be exempt.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06023

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Includes authorized internet entities in the information sex offenders are required to disclose upon registration.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00096

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2025, as Black History Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04884

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Relates to discrimination against owners of specific breeds of dogs.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06189

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Relates to allowing unaccompanied children in custody petition the family court for orders of dependency to ensure such child receives proper care.