New York State Senator

Emily Gallagher 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 29)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05440

Introduced
2/14/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Imposes owner liability for failure of an operator to comply with traffic control indicators within the city of New York through the use of traffic control indicator cameras.
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New York Assembly Bill A05626

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; requires such permits to be subject to environmental quality review procedures; requires financial security to cover any damages directly or indirectly resulting from salt mining activities beneath a lake, including, but not limited to, those resulting from collapse or water contamination.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04617

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Creates statewide emergency and crisis response council to work in conjunction with the commissioners of mental health and addiction services to jointly approve emergency and crisis services plans submitted by local governments, and provide supports regarding the operation and financing of high-quality emergency and crisis services provided to persons experiencing a mental health, alcohol use, or substance use crisis.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04631

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Requires fashion sellers to carry out environmental due diligence for the portions of their business related to wearing apparel, footwear or fashion bags, including wearing apparel, footwear or fashion bags produced as a private label; establishes a fashion remediation fund.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04230

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Establishes clean energy goals of reducing the annual total of vehicle miles traveled within the state by 20% by the year 2050; requires state and local highway projects to comply with reductions to vehicle miles traveled targets.
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New York Assembly Bill A04144

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Prohibits state chartered banking institutions from investing in and providing financing for private prisons.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04181

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06596

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance coverage for services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06600

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Limits retaliation against incarcerated individuals following the filing of a grievance, by requiring more than the oral or written statement of the subject of a grievance filed by an incarcerated individual for the purposes of finding such incarcerated individual guilty at an evidentiary or disciplinary hearing for misbehavior.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06615

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Enacts the optometry freedom act which prohibits a carrier or vision plan restricting an optometrist's choice of supply.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06566

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Enacts the "sustainable building materials act"; enacts into law components of legislation relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in construction; provides a sales tax exemption for certain low-carbon building materials (Part A); establishes a grant program for manufacturers of concrete for environmental product declarations (Part B).
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06632

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Establishes "SNAP for all", a state-funded supplemental nutrition assistance program to provide for those who are excluded from federal SNAP benefits solely due to immigration status; outlines eligibility requirements of applicants and operational requirements of the office of temporary and disability assistance.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06666

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to make correctional facility water testing results accessible directly, upon request, to incarcerated individuals and correctional facility staff in such facilities and make such water testing results available to the public on the website of the department.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04831

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Authorizes local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for surface runoff.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00170

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2025, as Women's History Month in the State of New York