New York State Senator

Demond Meeks 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 24)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01437

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Enacts the "criminal forfeiture process act" to replace the process for the criminal forfeiture of certain property in certain instances.
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New York Assembly Bill A01402

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Provides a civil action for deprivation of rights which is caused by any person or public entity.
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New York Assembly Bill A01502

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Restricts certain substances from being used in menstrual products.
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New York Assembly Bill A01507

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Requires shelter allowances be set at up to one hundred percent of the fair market rent for the local social services district.
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New York Assembly Bill A01607

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/19/26  
Relates to the provision of breast pumps and related collection and storage materials to certain incarcerated nursing birth parents who are confined in or committed to an institution or local correctional facility with or without their child subject to specific time limitations; requires institutions and local correctional facilities to provide pumps and related materials to such incarcerated birth parents; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to issue an annual report on data relating to incarcerated birth parents.
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New York Assembly Bill A01529

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Requires the disclosure of lead-based paint test reports in real estate transactions.
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New York Assembly Bill A01556

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Enacts the "food safety and chemical disclosure act"; prohibits certain food additives and food color additives; provides that in an action to enforce compliance, the recognition by the federal food and drug administration of any of these substances as safe may not be alleged as a defense; establishes requirements for the reporting of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substances.
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New York Assembly Bill A01670

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Prohibits the use of restraints on and the use of force against incarcerated individuals during labor and incarcerated individuals who have experienced different pregnancy outcomes, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant and post-pregnancy persons during a custodial interrogation; provides for certain exceptions for restraints to be used and in such case limits the use to wrist restraints.
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New York Assembly Bill A01597

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Establishes the baby bucks allowance to provide income to eligible participants for the last three months of pregnancy and the first 18 months of the child's life; excludes income received from the baby bucks allowance for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility.
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New York Assembly Bill A01494

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Repeals the rebates for stock transfer tax paid; dedicates funds of the stock transfer tax fund and stock transfer incentive fund to various funds; establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program.
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New York Assembly Bill A01565

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes; includes the definition of homelessness.
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New York Assembly Bill A01518

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Relates to audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings by the media; allows the judge or justice presiding over a proceeding to exercise discretion to prohibit or limit filming or photographing of particular participants; defines terms; provides limitations on audio-visual coverage.
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New York Assembly Bill A02084

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Establishes the office of gun violence prevention and the gun violence advisory council.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A01390

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Authorizes the transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities; requires annual reporting on the number of such incarcerated individuals transferred.
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New York Assembly Bill A01308

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to establishing and funding the universal basic income pilot program; requires the comptroller to establish a universal basic income pilot program to provide 10,000 participants with income of $7,200 for individuals or $14,400 for couples per year for two years; establishes participant criteria; requires a study on the program one year after its conclusion; makes an appropriation therefor.