New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08851

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Requires that companies contracting with the state do not contribute to tropical forest degradation or deforestation directly or through their supply chains.
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New York Senate Bill J01392

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 11-17, 2026, as Black Maternal Health Week in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01395

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Commemorating the 56th Anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2026
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New York Senate Bill J01399

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 29, 2026, as Denim Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01410

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 29, 2026, as Vietnam Veterans Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08872

Introduced
1/13/26  
Prohibits algorithmic wage-setting; provides for exceptions; provides for penalties for violation; creates a private right of action.
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New York Senate Bill S02082

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Provides for a working families tax credit; directs quarterly prepayment of the credit; provides for a sliding reduction in the credit for incomes which exceed a certain threshold.
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New York Senate Bill S02438

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Engrossed
3/26/25  
Refer
3/26/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Requires potable water testing at state and local parks at least once every three years.
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New York Senate Bill J00257

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Muslim History Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S03106

Introduced
1/23/25  
Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations that are up to date on annual filings.
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New York Senate Bill S04520

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to the role of the department of corrections and community supervision in planning and facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated individuals to the community.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08918

Introduced
1/15/26  
Establishes the build up New York pilot program to provide grants to eligible municipalities that construct new accessory dwelling unit housing projects built on top of existing buildings that utilize mass timber and serve certain households; establishes the mass timber for affordable housing program to provide tax credits for eligible taxpayers who use mass timber in certain new construction or major retrofits of existing buildings that primarily serve households up to one hundred fifty percent of the area median income; establishes tax credits for mass timber production.
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New York Senate Bill S02089

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check; authorizes the denial of a firearm license for an applicant who is under the age of thirty and who as a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for an offense which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony or serious offense.
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New York Senate Bill S02088

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Requires rental vehicles have any personal information removed from the vehicle once returned.
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New York Senate Bill S02451

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to establishing a maximum rent of one-third of household income for the senior citizens rent increase exemption and disability rent increase exemption.