New York State Senator

Jamaal Bailey 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00558

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits any person from transporting, holding, buying, selling, giving, receiving or marketing a nonambulatory animal unless such animal is first humanely euthanized without undue delay from the time that such animal becomes nonambulatory; makes certain exceptions; provides violation provisions; defines relevant terms.
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New York Senate Bill S00560

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides for a transfer fee of 75% of the fair market value in dissolution or sales of a rental project or mutual company.
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New York Senate Bill S00700

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Provides for the adjustment of the minimum amount of tax delinquency for which the driver's license of a taxpayer may be suspended, based on inflation; prohibits inclusion in the license suspension program of a taxpayer who receives public assistance or supplemental security income, or whose income does not exceed 250% of the poverty level; authorizes the commissioner to grant exemptions to taxpayers whose payment of past due tax liabilities would create a hardship to the taxpayer in meeting necessary living expenses.
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New York Senate Bill S00884

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "crash victims bill of rights"; requires accident reports to be delivered to victims of accidents or their next of kin; requires victim impact statements to be delivered at traffic infraction hearings by injured parties or their next of kin; requires employers to grant leave of absence to employees delivering a victim impact statement at a traffic infraction hearing; directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct a study and complete a report on certain automobile crash information.
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New York Senate Bill S00954

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.
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New York Senate Bill S00964

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides that no state or local agency, or any agent thereof, may use any funds, facilities, property, equipment or personnel of such agency to investigate, enforce or provide assistance in the investigation or enforcement of any federal program requiring registration of individuals, or maintaining a database of individuals, on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national or ethnic origin.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00866

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Relates to re-defining the term physically helpless to mean an individual who is physically unable to communicate affirmative consent through words or clear actions that offer permission and a willingness to engage in sexual activity.
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New York Senate Bill S00863

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Increases access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00878

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.
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New York Senate Bill S00870

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Raises the monetary value of damaged property that is considered criminal mischief or securities fraud.
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New York Senate Bill S00865

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits public officials from releasing sealed juvenile police records; makes such official misconduct a class A misdemeanor.
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New York Senate Bill S00876

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced.
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New York Senate Bill S00874

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00869

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits the collection of rent arrearages accruing prior to the date of approval of an application for an adjustment in the legal regulated rent based upon a major capital improvement.
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New York Senate Bill S00872

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Creates minority and women-owned business enterprise regional advocates; provides that the advocates will help ensure that municipal agencies comply with the provisions of law relating to minority and women-owned business enterprises.