New York State Senator

April Baskin 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 14)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08269

Introduced
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Enrolled
10/9/25  
Chaptered
10/16/25  
Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie.
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New York Senate Bill J01116

Introduced
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Commending Sarah Brown upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill S08284

Introduced
5/30/25  
Refer
5/30/25  
Relates to the utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses in state-funded construction projects; directs the empire state development corporation, in consultation with other state agencies, to develop a state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to create rules and regulations for private businesses operating in buildings constructed using state funding to have certain employment goals and living wage requirements, annual minority and women-owned business enterprise, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business, small business and microbusiness utilization goals for maintenance and operations spending, and a community grant program; directs the state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to establish a post-construction compliance review board; provides penalties for noncompliance.
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New York Senate Bill S08336

Introduced
6/3/25  
Refer
6/3/25  
Grants certain park rangers and building security of Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provides that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.
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New York Senate Bill S07151

Introduced
4/2/25  
Removes the prohibition on patient participation in multiple transplant programs in New York state.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill J01131

Introduced
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Posthumously honoring the life and service of United States Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Eugene J. Darrigan who was laid to rest in his hometown of Wappingers Falls, New York, on May 24, 2025
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New York Senate Bill J00738

Introduced
4/3/25  
Refer
4/3/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 6, 2025, as Queens Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S01671

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to discipline certain employees for acts of serious misconduct; defines serious misconduct; establishes procedures for such disciplinary action; prohibits employees who have been removed for serious misconduct from being placed on the eligible list after such removal.
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New York Senate Bill S01622

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Imposes a progressive income tax structure for high income taxpayers.
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New York Senate Bill S01707

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Creates the office of the correctional ombudsperson to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsperson as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with their official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; includes the office of the correctional ombudsperson records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S01548

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
3/26/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Restricts certain substances from being used in menstrual products.
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New York Senate Bill S03359

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.
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New York Senate Bill S03425

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
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New York Senate Bill J00106

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 12-18, 2025, as Period Poverty Awareness Week in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J00033

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Congratulating the Schuylerville High School Varsity Football Team and Head Coach John Bowen upon the occasion of capturing the 2024 NYSPHSAA Class C Football Championship on December 7, 2024