New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 13)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04589

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides for the calculation and analysis of certain health center costs.
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New York Senate Bill J00423

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Mourning the death of John O. Peck, devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, and small business owner
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New York Senate Bill S05641

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Provides for the revocation of licenses to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol and lottery tickets for the possession or sale of illicit cannabis in violation of the cannabis law.
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New York Senate Bill J00432

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 15 to June 15, 2025, as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month in New York State
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New York Senate Bill S05539

Introduced
2/24/25  
Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.
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New York Senate Bill S05538

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Relates to automatic eligibility for early intervention services for children found to have elevated venous blood lead levels (at or above 5 mcg/dl).
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New York Senate Bill S04425

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Provides for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit to qualifying employees.
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New York Senate Bill S05684

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.
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New York Senate Bill S05730

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Establishes the water resiliency projects fund for flood mitigation, stormwater mitigation and other water related resiliency projects; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York Senate Bill S05751

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05624

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
11/17/25  
Chaptered
11/21/25  
Defines enforcement officers in a city with a population of one million or more for the purposes of regulating tobacco products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia; provides that an enforcement officer for purposes of section 1399-ee of the public health law shall be the office of administrative trials and hearings.
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New York Senate Bill S05662

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/10/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to authorizing a reduction of taxes pursuant to shelter rent; provides that upon consent of the local legislative body in a city with a population of one million or more such taxes may be reduced to five per centum or less, including a full reduction of the annual shelter rent or carrying charges of a project.
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New York Senate Bill S05663

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Relates to establishing extended producer responsibility for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries; provides that no later than June 30, 2026 a producer shall submit a plan for the establishment of a collection program for electric or hybrid vehicle batteries; establishes the electric and hybrid vehicle batteries extended producer responsibility fund.
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New York Senate Bill S05506

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Relates to qualified energy storage systems; authorizes energy storage permitting under the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission.
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New York Senate Bill S05605

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Requires washing machines sold after a certain date to contain a microfiber filtration system that meets certain specifications.