New York State Senator

Doug Smith 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A10334

Introduced
2/20/26  
Provides that beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain graduate students shall be required to pay 25% of all current and future mandatory university fees; provides that in the 2027-2028 academic year and thereafter, no mandatory university fees shall be charged to certain graduate students and adjunct staff, with the exclusion of the graduate student association student activity fee.
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New York Assembly Bill A09527

Introduced
1/14/26  
Makes the first one hundred thousand dollars of an individual's private pension non-taxable.
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New York Assembly Bill A09548

Introduced
1/14/26  
Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers including a proposed change of rates, charges, terms and conditions of service, the adoption of rules, regulations, guidelines, orders, standards or final policy decisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A01903

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers except in the case of certain emergencies and surgical procedures.
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New York Assembly Bill A02392

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Establishes a child care program capital improvement tax credit program for child care programs to provide financial assistance to New York's child care providers to facilitate the enhancement, expansion, and improvement of access to quality child care.
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New York Assembly Bill A02407

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, to establish a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for individuals in active military service of the United States and active duty members of the New York national guard, upon showing a military or national guard identification card.
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New York Assembly Bill A02046

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Requires residents of the state, who are foreign refugees, to register with the office of temporary and disability assistance; directs such office to provide registration information to the office of children and family services, the department of health, the office for new Americans, the department of law, the division of state police, the NYC police department, county sheriff's offices, municipal police departments, and the division of homeland security and emergency services; directs the office for new Americans to conduct background screenings of all refugees who register; requires refugee resettlement agencies to submit quarterly reports to the bureau of refugee and immigrant assistance on the refugees to whom it provides assistance, and to monitor the activities of such refugees for a certain period of time; directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop and implement a plan to ensure compliance by refugee resettlement agencies.
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New York Assembly Bill A03180

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Enacts the "bird safe buildings act" directing the commissioner of general services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain state-owned or state-leased buildings, and for other purposes; requires the commissioner to develop a design guide that includes features, methods and strategies, and best practices for reducing bird fatalities.
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New York Assembly Bill A03171

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Designates September 11th Remembrance day as a public holiday.
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New York Assembly Bill A04797

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Enacts the "stop Anti-Semitism on college campuses act" to ensure no state aid is granted to any college or university that authorizes, facilitates, provides funding for, or otherwise supports any event promoting Anti-Semitism on campus; defines "Anti-Semitism".

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00982

Introduced
2/25/26  
Commemorating the 10th Annual Sock Out Cancer Day on June 7, 2026, in conjunction with the observance of National Cancer Survivors Day
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New York Assembly Bill K00985

Introduced
2/25/26  
Honoring Investigator Michael Theetge of the Chemung County Sheriff's Office upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the Order of the Blue Heart Award from Wounded Blue
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New York Assembly Bill K00992

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 4, 2026, as Marching Music Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00827

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 9, 2026, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill A04785

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Provides for free criminal history background checks for mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations.