New York State Senator

Catalina Cruz 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00988

Introduced

2/26/26

Passed

2/26/26

Mourning the death of the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson and honoring his lifetime of service, leadership, and advocacy for civil rights and social justice

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09546

Introduced

1/14/26

Refer

1/14/26

Relates to conditional release for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs; provides release twelve months before the completion of the controlling minimum period of imprisonment for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09556

Introduced

1/14/26

Refer

1/14/26

Establishes school-based food pantries in high-need schools in the city school district of the city of New York; provides for funding from state sales and compensating use taxes imposed on receipts from the retail sale of hot and prepared food sold by supermarkets and grocery stores within the state.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02579

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Refer

2/4/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Relates to call centers for gas and electric corporations.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02448

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the use of risk and needs assessments in parole decisions; provides a process permitting incarcerated individuals to correct verifiable factual mistakes or errors in their risk and needs assessments or other non-confidential documents given the board prior to their appearances.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10355

Introduced

2/26/26

Refer

2/26/26

Report Pass

4/21/26

Refer

4/21/26

Permits an eligible retirement system member to receive, in lieu of an ordinary death benefit, a death benefit such member would otherwise be entitled to receive provided such member is a state-paid judge or justice of the unified court system or a housing judge of the civil court of the city of New York.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09519

Introduced

1/14/26

Refer

1/14/26

Report Pass

1/20/26

Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09548

Introduced

1/14/26

Refer

1/14/26

Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers including a proposed change of rates, charges, terms and conditions of service, the adoption of rules, regulations, guidelines, orders, standards or final policy decisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09522

Introduced

1/14/26

Refer

1/14/26

Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program by restoring eligibility to graduate students; makes optional semesters, quarters or terms eligible for awards.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09571

Introduced

1/16/26

Refer

1/16/26

Increases short-term disability benefits.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01903

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers except in the case of certain emergencies and surgical procedures.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02497

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Report Pass

5/29/25

Refer

5/29/25

Report Pass

6/4/25

Engrossed

6/4/25

Refer

6/4/25

Engrossed

6/4/25

Enrolled

12/1/25

Vetoed

12/5/25

Establishes a fiscal cliff task force to conduct a study on fiscal cliffs in the state's public assistance programs and to make recommendations related thereto.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02049

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to creating a separate tax on inheritance income, creating a separate tax on gift income, the computation of the estate tax, and creating a gift tax.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01915

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

4/29/26

Refer

4/29/26

Requires health care plans and payors to have a minimum of twelve and one-half percent of their total expenditures on physical and mental health annually be for primary care services.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01962

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

6/9/25

Refer

6/9/25

Report Pass

6/10/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Refer

6/11/25

Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to injuries or deaths of minors resulting from failure to safely store a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.

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