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George Borrello 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00972

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Makes it a class A-1 felony to sell or transport an opiate controlled substance which causes the death of another person.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02518

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Directs the commissioner of health to conduct an investigation of the department's performance, compliance and enforcement of applicable state laws, rules, regulations, and directives or executive orders, with respect to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes, adult care facilities, and assisted living residences, and to propose a pandemic response plan for future disease outbreaks.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02538

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".
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New York Senate Bill S02603

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Includes use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument in the offense of aggravated cruelty to animals.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02602

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
5/18/26  
Establishes the office of Native American affairs to act as a centralized office for Native American nations to access information on state programs that are provided to Native Americans.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02649

Introduced
1/22/25  
Enacts "Karilyn's law"; provides that the court set the date for proceedings relating to family visitation under a guardianship petition for not more than ten days from the signing of the order to show cause; provides that visitation shall be a rebuttable presumption.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02640

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Includes veterans in the definition of military status to protect veterans from being unlawfully discriminated against.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02656

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02654

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Creates a tax credit for small businesses that sell a certain percentage of products produced in New York state; provides such small businesses include independently or privately-owned cafes, restaurants, eateries, bars, pubs, breweries, distilleries, orchards, food trucks, retail stores, farm stands, hotels, or motels.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02652

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Relates to safe staffing levels at nursing homes; requires the department of health to give significant weight to labor supply shortages in particular regions during any declared statewide disaster emergency.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00259

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Commemorating the 17th Anniversary of Kosovo's Independence
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02703

Introduced
1/22/25  
Requires reporting of statewide training hours allocated to each firefighter; requires such report shall identify the fire department or district providing the training.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00622

Introduced
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2025, as Sikh Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08461

Introduced
7/18/25  
Refer
7/18/25  
Allows surplus or uncommitted funds in the New York state climate investment account to be returned to ratepayers.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08463

Introduced
7/21/25  
Refer
7/21/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes a one-year utility bill tax and surcharge holiday and a two-year green energy tax holiday.