New York State Senator

Demond Meeks 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 18)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00336

Introduced
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 9, 2025, as West Point Day in New York State

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A08719

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Establishes a blue envelope program for persons with mental health disorders, behavioral disorders and persons who are neurodivergent to be provided with blue envelopes to keep their identification, vehicle registration, and other related documents to improve their safety during law enforcement interactions; requires the municipal police training council to promulgate rules and regulations requiring training and instruction for all police officers with respect to the blue envelope program.
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New York Assembly Bill A08726

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Requires schools to follow seizure action plans developed by health care providers of students diagnosed with a seizure disorder; requires schools to provide seizure awareness training to certain employees on the recognition of signs and symptoms of a seizure and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to such symptoms.
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New York Assembly Bill A08758

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.
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New York Assembly Bill A08727

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a survey of recess held in public and charter schools serving students in kindergarten through grade six and to provide any information collected to the governor and the legislature.
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New York Assembly Bill A08707

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Prohibits the sale of foods containing synthetic color additives in schools except under certain circumstances off and away from the premises or on premises at least a half hour after the end of the school day.
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New York Assembly Bill A08773

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Requires every franchisor, including its affiliates and subsidiaries to properly fulfill any warranty agreement and/or franchisor's service contract and to compensate each of its franchised motor vehicle dealers for warranty parts and labor, including but not limited to all warranty repairs, extended service contract repairs, extended warranty repairs, campaigns, service bulletins, policy repairs, component part warranties, factory compensated repairs, recalls, diagnostics, parts and other voluntary stop-sell repairs, and any other franchisor compensated repairs; relates to reimbursement to a motor vehicle dealer from a motor vehicle franchisor.
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New York Assembly Bill A08782

Introduced
6/2/25  
Refer
6/2/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Refer
6/16/25  
Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation, in conjunction with the department of economic development, to conduct a feasibility study and report on the potential reestablishment of the empire state games.
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New York Assembly Bill A07576

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Relates to required notification of an incarcerated individual's emergency contacts when such incarcerated individual experiences a serious medical event; provides that incarcerated individuals and their representatives shall have the right to access such incarcerated individual's medical records; provides requirements for access to such medical records; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to collect data on medical incidents and response times, and to publish an annual report detailing such data.
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New York Assembly Bill A01676

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Enrolled
2/12/25  
Chaptered
2/14/25  
Relates to the commissioner of corrections and community supervision's heat mitigation plan for correctional facilities; provides findings regarding permanent cooling solutions shall be included.
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New York Assembly Bill A01675

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Engrossed
2/11/25  
Enrolled
2/12/25  
Chaptered
2/14/25  
Clarifies that the department of corrections is not required to obtain and input into its electronic record-keeping applications any individual's otherwise uncollected former legal name or any alias; amends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto.
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New York Assembly Bill A01588

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Prohibits the city school district from reimbursing charter schools for leasing a privately owned or other publicly owned facility; prohibits charter school employee contracts from including a non-disclosure agreement.
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New York Assembly Bill A01544

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.
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New York Assembly Bill A01602

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.
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New York Assembly Bill A03319

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/24/25  
Engrossed
3/19/25  
Refer
3/19/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Relates to including outpatient care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance policies covering care for other mental health services.