New York State Senator

Catalina Cruz 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 32)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02311

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

5/19/25

Refer

5/19/25

Report Pass

6/6/25

Refer

6/6/25

Report Pass

6/9/25

Engrossed

6/9/25

Refer

6/9/25

Engrossed

6/10/25

Enrolled

11/17/25

Chaptered

11/21/25

Passed

11/21/25

Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01241

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Report Pass

3/25/25

Engrossed

5/15/25

Refer

5/15/25

Engrossed

6/9/25

Enrolled

6/20/25

Chaptered

6/23/25

Passed

6/23/25

Repeals provisions criminalizing the furnishing of items with a nominal value to induce attendance at polls.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01143

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes an electronic military ballot application and military ballot transmittal system through which applicants may apply for a military ballot and return a marked military ballot, online.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01167

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to providing hazard payments to essential workers during a state disaster emergency; provides that certain employers shall make hazard payments to essential workers during a state disaster emergency provided no hazard payment shall exceed twenty-five thousand dollars in any year for any essential worker earning less than two hundred thousand dollars per year or five thousand dollars for any essential worker earning more than two hundred thousand dollars.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01261

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities; limits the use of cell or segregated confinement; grants access to tablets, visitation, and certain items.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01245

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments not in excess of five thousand dollars; excludes any payment not in excess of five thousand dollars made by an employer, employee, or on behalf of an employee that is directly deducted from the employee's wages through payroll and administered by a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments to educational institutions or related loan servicers on behalf of students such amount from an employee's New York state gross income; further excludes any contribution not to exceed five thousand dollars to a tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code made through payroll deduction and facilitated by an employer or a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments to such programs on behalf of employees from the employee's New York state gross income.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01243

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the building and fire code adherence tax credit which provides a tax credit to property owners who spend money to update a property to adhere to current applicable building and fire codes.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01281

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Imposes a progressive income tax structure for high income taxpayers.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01125

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01283

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01172

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01162

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides voting membership to existing non-voting rider representatives on the MTA Board, provides for enhanced representation of MTA riders with disabilities.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01471

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Allows for written instructions regarding elements to be supplied to a jury.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01106

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires instruction in civic education for grades 5 through 12 including instruction on the NYS constitution; federal, state and local government; civic literacy; methods of public participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01260

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Report Pass

5/13/25

Engrossed

5/19/25

Refer

5/19/25

Engrossed

1/12/26

Refer

1/12/26

Relates to alternative forms of identification for renters insurance, including a municipal identification card, or other state or local government-issued identification card, or a notarized copy of the rental lease signed by the property owner, the property management firm and the insured.

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