New York State Senator

Claire Valdez 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00118

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to school climate and codes of conduct on school property and disciplinary action following violation of such codes of conduct; makes conforming amendments.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04994

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft; relates to penalties for certain wage violations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05015

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Waives Unemployment Pandemic Benefits repayments in whole or in part if the payment of such pandemic unemployment assistance was without fault on the part of the claimant and such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07467

Introduced
3/28/25  
Refer
3/28/25  
Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07496

Introduced
3/28/25  
Refer
3/28/25  
Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.
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New York Assembly Bill A07408

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Provides additional documentation a tenant may provide to demonstrate that such tenant or a member of such tenant's household has been a victim of domestic violence for purposes of permitting the termination of residential lease by victims of domestic violence.
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New York Assembly Bill A07400

Introduced
3/25/25  
Implements a students' bill of rights for city university of New York institutions to guarantee certain rights to students at such institutions.
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New York Assembly Bill A07422

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
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New York Assembly Bill A07376

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Refer
4/21/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Engrossed
5/11/26  
Requires third-party food delivery services and third-party grocery delivery services to provide the ability to include a gratuity at the same point in the online order process when the underlying order is placed; provides that customers shall not be required to pay a gratuity; provides that third-party food delivery services and third-party grocery delivery services shall not reduce the compensation of any worker as a result of gratuities; establishes penalties for violations of such provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06920

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's caste in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06949

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/13/26  
Prohibits public food service establishments operating in the state from providing excess food service items including single-use utensils, condiments, napkins and extra containers, to any customer except upon, and in accordance with, the express request of that customer.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06990

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Establishes the reentry assistance program; provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility; makes an appropriation of $25,000,000.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06708

Introduced
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Relates to use of public funds for prevailing wage requirements applicable to construction projects performed under private contract.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07071

Introduced
3/20/25  
Refer
3/20/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Relates to special provisions for the operation of bicycles when approaching stop signs and traffic-control signals including steady circular red signals and red arrow signals.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06772

Introduced
3/13/25  
Refer
3/13/25  
Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.