New York State Senator

Edward Braunstein 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09518

Introduced

1/14/26

Refer

1/14/26

Increases the period of supervision to four years for real estate brokers applying for a license.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02429

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Refer

1/7/26

Directs the department of public service to prepare a written report on the affordability of water services for commercial and residential customers within 180 days of effectiveness; requires an updated report to be submitted one year after the initial report.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02431

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

2/24/25

Clarifies how certain non-billing information regarding the delivery of water is disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family dwellings; requires water-works corporations to notify customers of their ability to receive non-billing related information.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02524

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Prohibits the unauthorized sale, purchase or transfer of any cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that is over 75 years old that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans, including but not limited to a military unit, company, battalion or division, if such cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans has been placed in any cemetery; makes violations a class B misdemeanor; permits cemeteries to make such sales upon application to the state cemetery board and upon certain conditions.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09571

Introduced

1/16/26

Refer

1/16/26

Increases short-term disability benefits.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02598

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02440

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

6/11/25

Refer

6/11/25

Report Pass

6/12/25

Requires each appropriate institution housing a defendant due to mental disease or defect to assign a critical time intervention care management team to the defendant and make a single point of access referral for the defendant prior to such defendant's discharge.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02476

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides that every policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or diagnostic X-rays shall provide coverage for testing of familial dysautonomia, Canavan's disease and Tay-Sachs; provides that in order to maintain the confidentiality of persons tested, receipt of acknowledgement from the testing facility shall be deemed sufficient evidence of testing.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02619

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Report Pass

5/19/25

Refer

5/19/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

5/12/26

Refer

5/12/26

Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02657

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Report Pass

5/6/25

Refer

5/6/25

Report Pass

6/4/25

Refer

6/4/25

Report Pass

6/6/25

Establishes the electric landscaping equipment rebate program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting the adoption of quieter, zero-emission landscaping equipment; provides for rebates at the point of sale for applicants purchasing or leasing certain equipment; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00203

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

6/9/25

Refer

6/9/25

Report Pass

6/10/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Refer

6/11/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Enrolled

12/8/25

Chaptered

12/12/25

Passed

12/12/25

Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00074

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

2/25/25

Refer

2/25/25

Report Pass

5/27/25

Refer

5/27/25

Report Pass

6/17/25

Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of veterans with a 100 percent service connected disability.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03078

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Refer

1/7/26

Enacts the New York State Iran divestment act; provides for sanctions against the financial and energy sectors of Iran unless a duly executed treaty is approved by two-thirds of the United States Senate.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04903

Introduced

2/10/25

Refer

2/10/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes a career and technical education (CTE) diploma; establishes a CTE pathway to a diploma shall be based on a curriculum designed to provide students with technical skills and shall demonstrate that the student is ready for a career as determined by regulations of the commissioner.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04974

Introduced

2/10/25

Refer

2/10/25

Refer

1/7/26

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger designed to educate about the effects and risks associated with cannabis use, including that it is illegal for persons under the age of twenty-one.

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