New York State Senator

Christopher Ryan 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07548

Introduced
4/22/25  
Relates to the powers of the Syracuse regional airport authority; provides that the Syracuse regional airport authority shall determine which positions, with the exception of all police positions, shall be in the exempt class of civil service.
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New York Senate Bill S08680

Introduced
1/7/26  
Provides that no facility fee shall be charged for services when a hospital-based facility is a distant site for health care services delivered by telehealth unless the service is provided by a health care provider not authorized to bill a professional fee separately for the service.
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New York Senate Bill S08677

Introduced
1/7/26  
Requires an employer to provide sick leave to an employee who telecommutes at the same rate and under the same conditions that an employee present at the employer's work site would accrue it.
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New York Senate Bill S08681

Introduced
1/7/26  
Exempts the Cody Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. within the town of Granby, Oswego county, from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.
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New York Senate Bill S08679

Introduced
1/7/26  
Authorizes an occupancy tax in the city of Oswego; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
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New York Senate Bill S08678

Introduced
1/7/26  
Expands Medicaid coverage to include pharmacological treatment for hyperhidrosis when such treatment is ordered by a physician, registered physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner; provides that the provisions shall not take effect unless all necessary approvals under federal law and regulation have been obtained to receive federal financial participation in the costs.
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New York Senate Bill S08727

Introduced
1/7/26  
Extends paid family leave benefits to members of the New York army national guard and New York air national guard.
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New York Senate Bill S08820

Introduced
1/8/26  
Relates to requiring utility pole owners and attachers to submit an annual report on pole attachments; repeals certain provisions relating to requirements for right-of-way permits.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill J00846

Introduced
4/22/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 28, 2025, as Workers' Memorial Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08670

Introduced
1/7/26  
Enacts the "dollars for diesels act"; directs the commissioner of environmental conservation, in consultation with the New York state energy research and development authority, to establish and administer a program to provide financial incentives to owners of heavy- and medium-duty diesel-powered vehicles of a model year two thousand ten or older to retire and replace such vehicles with new heavy- or medium-duty diesel-powered vehicles of model year two thousand twenty-four or newer that meet or exceed applicable emission standards.
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New York Senate Bill J01324

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 25 - 31, 2026, as Medicolegal Death Investigation Professionals Week in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08750

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Engrossed
2/3/26  
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.
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New York Senate Bill J01317

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Congratulating the Stillwater Girls Varsity Soccer Team and Head Coach Christine Ihnatolya upon the occasion of winning the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C State Championship title
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New York Senate Bill J01315

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Congratulating the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School Boys Cross Country Team and Head Coach Chip Button upon the occasion of capturing the 2025 New York State Class B Cross Country Championship
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New York Senate Bill J01316

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Congratulating the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Field Hockey Team and Head Coach Kelly Vrooman upon the occasion of capturing the 2025 Class B NYSPHSAA Field Hockey Championship