New York State Senator

Jacob Ashby 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00703

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Eliminates the requirement that injury be serious with respect to aggravated cruelty to animals.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00685

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes existing building projects to continue when the fossil fuel ban takes effect.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00592

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00594

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00587

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Establishes an income tax deduction for cash and credit card tips received which are considered wages or compensation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00965

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for treatment of rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile children, by a provider of the patient's choice.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00946

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Chaptered
12/5/25  
Authorizes the removal of police officer candidates from an eligible list when such candidate does not meet psychological fitness requirements or lacks good moral character standards.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00924

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires the Empire State Development corporation's broadband program office to assist in the provision and expansion of broadband internet access service and to address inequities in the availability of such service.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00927

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the regulation of social media companies and social media platforms; provides for age requirements for the use of social media and parental consent; prohibits certain data collection from social media accounts; limits the hours a minor can have access to social media; establishes penalties for violations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00906

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00595

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the small rental housing development initiative to provide funding to eligible applicants to construct small rental housing developments in eligible areas.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00584

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Grants school districts the ability to implement telehealth school-based mental health clinics; establishes the student mental telehealth reimbursement fund; relates to funding the student mental telehealth reimbursement fund.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00197

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
5/5/26  
Enacts "Tucker's law"; removes the provision that provides that any term of imprisonment for a violation of aggravated cruelty to animals may not exceed two years.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00298

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides a state income tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers who have qualifying service in the taxable year for which such exemption is sought.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00296

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Elevates assault of a code enforcement official in the second degree to a class D felony.