New York State Senator

David Mcdonough 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 55)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00036

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits any cannabis related advertisements in establishments within a certain distance from schools; increases penalties for prohibited advertisement of tobacco and cannabis products; requires enforcement inspections.
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New York Assembly Bill A00053

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.
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New York Assembly Bill A00116

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a bicycle and electric scooter operator's safety manual; provides for the issuance of a license for residents who successfully read and comprehend the operator's safety manual; requires residents who operate an electric scooter in New York City to have a license to operate such devices; requires instruction in electric scooter safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course; requires liability insurance for electric scooters in cities having a population of one million or more; prohibits the sale of an electric scooter to a purchaser unless the purchaser has a license to operate the electric scooter and has insurance in a city having a population of one million or more.
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New York Assembly Bill A00172

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Directs the department of labor and the office for people with developmental disabilities to study and report on the wages earned by those who help, assist, support, and/or work with the developmentally disabled.
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New York Assembly Bill A00211

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires property/casualty insurance policies to state the types and causes of damage that are covered by such policy; requires such information to be provided at or near the beginning of such policy.
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New York Assembly Bill A00239

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires batteries for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to be tested and approved by certain testing laboratories.
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New York Assembly Bill A00250

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.
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New York Assembly Bill A00233

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation to review and promote such safety.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00280

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides that a person may be charged with promoting a suicide or manslaughter if such person is convicted of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, an incompetent or physically disabled person and the conduct was the proximate cause of the victim's suicide.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00312

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires orders of custody to state whether law enforcement is authorized to remove a child or children in order to comply with and enforce such orders.
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New York Assembly Bill A00353

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to amending the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program subscription amount for regions other than New York city.
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New York Assembly Bill A00268

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Refer
4/28/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Prohibits the sale of infant walkers; restricts the use of such infant walkers in certain settings.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00034

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Refer
4/7/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00295

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides that state departments, offices, agencies, and authorities are prohibited from imposing any fees, surcharges, or taxes that have not been approved by the state legislature.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00315

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Requires the legislature to provide funding to reimburse localities for the costs associated with expenditures made as a requirement of any law which mandates the undertaking of a new program or increases the level of service of an existing program by a locality; requires the legislature to establish procedures for the allocation of funds among the local governments.