New York State Senator

Catalina Cruz 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 19)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05811

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Enacts the "construction insurance transparency act" to require insurers providing coverage for liability under the scaffold law to report, on an annual basis, to the superintendent of financial services relating to its finances and claims paid thereunder.
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New York Assembly Bill A05804

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Enables constitutionally-qualified electors to register to vote and to cast a ballot on the same day at a polling location.
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New York Assembly Bill A05774

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Relates to allowing for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.
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New York Assembly Bill A05884

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Expands eligibility for tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by persons with disabilities to include individuals who do not meet the non-medical qualifications for SSDI and SSI but, by reason of the individual's disability, the individual is not able to engage in substantial gainful activity as that term is defined by the federal social security administration.
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New York Assembly Bill A05846

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections; directs that the BOE extend voting to account for the disruption.
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New York Assembly Bill A08349

Introduced
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Relates to health insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization.
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New York Assembly Bill A08393

Introduced
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Provides for disability benefits for pregnancy loss.
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New York Assembly Bill A08427

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Refer
6/16/25  
Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) business practices act", to expand the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices.
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New York Assembly Bill A08512

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Secures the continued validity of collective bargaining agreements during and after a change in operator or ownership of a property, facility, or company.
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New York Assembly Bill A08547

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Relates to off premise retail license holders; increases the number of licenses authorized under section 63 of the alcoholic beverage control law from one to two licenses.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00509

Introduced
5/14/25  
Congratulating the State of Israel on the 77th Anniversary of its establishment and reaffirming the bonds of friendship, cooperation, and shared values between the people of the State of New York and Israel
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New York Assembly Bill K00511

Introduced
5/14/25  
Commemorating the three-year Anniversary of the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2025, and honoring the victims, survivors, families, and community at large in wake of this
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New York Assembly Bill A08482

Introduced
5/16/25  
Refer
5/16/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Engrossed
5/13/26  
Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A08516

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Authorizes the department of motor vehicles to issue standard drivers' licenses; restricts what information can be retained and given out on those applying or holding standard drivers' licenses.
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New York Assembly Bill A08519

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Requires that in civil claims under the child victims act, adult survivors act, or a civil sex trafficking claim any insurer who may provide liability coverage for a claim shall, upon request from the claimant or claimant's attorney, provide information regarding each known policy of insurance; provides that a person bringing a civil claim in a sex trafficking case need not disclose their immigration status.