New York State Senator

Gustavo Rivera 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01001

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to including outpatient care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance policies covering care for other mental health services.
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New York Senate Bill S02513

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Enacts "Cecilia's act for rights in the sex trades"; decriminalizes certain prostitution offenses; amends provisions relating to prosecution of such offenses and vacating judgments.
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New York Senate Bill S02585

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Relates to the definition of a public employee or employee; includes the unified court system and the legislature as public employers.
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New York Senate Bill S02594

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to offer a remote learning option to all primary and secondary students when such public school is located in a county determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to have a substantial or high level of community transmission of any illness deemed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to be an outbreak.
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New York Senate Bill S02637

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Provides grants to address food insecurity among students at public institutions for higher education.
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New York Senate Bill S02689

Introduced
1/22/25  
Requires public schools to offer plant-based food options in food service.
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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 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 Senate Bill S07145

Introduced
4/2/25  
Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated individuals by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture or improper treatment of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture and improper treatment.
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New York Senate Bill S08462

Introduced
7/21/25  
Refer
7/21/25  
Prohibits local, state and federal law enforcement officers from wearing any mask or personal disguise while interacting with the public in the performance of their duties; excludes certain protective masks.
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New York Senate Bill S08467

Introduced
7/30/25  
Refer
7/30/25  
Refer
8/20/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to the redistricting of congressional and state legislative districts and to redistricting in the event that another state has acted to determine the district lines for congressional offices more than once in less than ten years.
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New York Senate Bill J01191

Introduced
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Congratulating Shawn MacKinnon upon the occasion of his retirement after 30 years of distinguished service to the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill S08416

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) business practices act", to expand the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices.
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New York Senate Bill S08496

Introduced
9/3/25  
Refer
9/3/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Relates to the establishment of regulations for administering immunizations taking into consideration the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the advisory committee on immunization practices, any interstate body established for purposes of reviewing and making recommendations regarding immunization coverage and access, or other similar nationally or internationally recognized scientific organizations.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01155

Introduced
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim August 2025 as Ambulatory Surgery Center Month in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of National Ambulatory Surgery Center Month