New York State Senator

Christopher Friend 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00200

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the age of eligibility for provisional or permanent appointment of certain police officers from thirty-five to forty.
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New York Assembly Bill A00956

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in paying quantities.
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New York Assembly Bill A02411

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Requires a state agency to get approval from the senate and the assembly prior to adopting or readopting a rule on an emergency basis unless such rule is necessary on an emergency basis for the preservation of the public health, safety and general welfare of the public.
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New York Assembly Bill A03217

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A04797

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Enacts the "stop Anti-Semitism on college campuses act" to ensure no state aid is granted to any college or university that authorizes, facilitates, provides funding for, or otherwise supports any event promoting Anti-Semitism on campus; defines "Anti-Semitism".
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New York Assembly Bill A04773

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Makes it a violation to loiter while masked or disguised by unusual or unnatural attire or facial alteration while in a group of six or more persons so masked or disguised.
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New York Assembly Bill A04772

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Enacts "the combating campus antisemitism act"; prohibits the granting of tuition assistance awards to any student who has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism in a manner that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action, that constitutes "true threats"; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A04798

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Prohibits the administration of COVID-19 mRNA vaccinations; requires the department of health to conduct a study and make recommendations on the benefits and risks of the administration of such vaccines; requires a self-controlled case series to be completed; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A04968

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Relates to being a good samaritan; adds "reasonable intervention" as a reason to be protected from liability; provides that a person may use physical force when and to the extent that such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to maintain order, but may use deadly physical force only when such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury; appropriates $500,000 for public service announcements and community-based training programs aimed at educating people about the legal protections and responsibilities of being a good samaritan.
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New York Assembly Bill A07021

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Requires utility corporations and municipalities to ensure that bills for service to residential customers include a line item for cost impact measures taken in accordance with the climate action council's final scoping plan; requires the department of public service to establish a formula to enable utility corporations and municipalities to calculate the cost impact on each residential customer's bill attributed to measures taken in accordance with the climate action council's final scoping plan.
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New York Assembly Bill A07524

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Relates to establishing the lump sum allocation advisory committee (Part A); relates to requiring transparency, identification and disclosure of certain appropriations (Part B); relates to withholding the salaries of the governor, agency commissioners and deputy commissioners for failing to meet certain reporting deadlines (Part C); relates to creating a tax rate reduction board to look at personal income tax and corporate franchise tax rates (Part D); relates to conducting an audit of all state economic development programs (Part E); relates to prohibiting certain political contributions by individuals appointed to entities that oversee lump sum appropriations (Part F); relates to prohibiting certain third party contracts (Part G).

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06932

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Relates to establishing a defined contribution program for which elected officials are deemed mandatory members.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill C00241

Introduced
3/19/25  
Terminates the provisions of Executive Order number 47.3
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00261

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 29, 2025, as Vietnam Veterans Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill A07530

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Establishes a spending cap; increases the maximum capacity of the rainy day fund.