New York State Senator

James Sanders 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 27)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01403

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Enacts "Cariol's Law"; provides for a duty to intervene when a police officer or peace officer observes another police officer or peace officer using physical force that such officer reasonably believes to be clearly excessive or beyond that which is objectively reasonable under the circumstances.
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New York Senate Bill S03072

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Refer
4/3/25  
Engrossed
5/28/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Prohibits the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing determinations.
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New York Senate Bill S03069

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Establishes the state financial literacy fund which provides funding for project grants to organizations in order to establish financial capability and financial literacy programs, products content and/or services for at-risk populations in New York.
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New York Senate Bill S03064

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Requires district leadership teams and school leadership teams to include student representatives; provides who should appoint such representatives.
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New York Senate Bill S03066

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Allows credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations and federal savings associations to accept and secure deposits from municipal corporations.
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New York Senate Bill S03180

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Requires the office for the aging to develop and provide elder abuse prevention training to train senior service centers and entities that contract with the office for the aging and the office of children and family services to provide services to elderly persons in the detection and reporting of elder abuse in consultation with the office of children and family services.
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New York Senate Bill S03178

Introduced
1/24/25  
Requires the modification of restrictive covenants prior to the sale of real property when covenants, conditions and restrictions exist which discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin, source of income or ancestry.
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New York Senate Bill S03179

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Engrossed
3/24/25  
Refer
3/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/25/26  
Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products.
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New York Senate Bill S03177

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Regulates commercial finance licensing; sets forth the application process for such licensing; makes conforming technical changes thereto.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01464

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Engrossed
5/28/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S01452

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Enacts the "fairness in cooperative homeownership act"; regulates the submission and determinations of applications for ownership of cooperative apartments.
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New York Senate Bill S03239

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Relates to the creation of a department of corrections and community supervision identification form; relates to the use of such form as proof of identity for individuals applying for a non-driver identification card or certain driver's licenses.
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New York Senate Bill S03334

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Requires the commissioner to establish Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history and civic impact curriculum or instructions for school districts.
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New York Senate Bill S03315

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the green affordable pre-electrification program to assist owners and tenants in residential properties in curing structural and building code defects which render the properties ineligible for improvements or projects relating to energy savings, green-house gas emissions reductions, climate change adaptation and resiliency project grants.
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New York Senate Bill S03951

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Prohibits cases from being closed without a hearing or written stipulation; requires a stenographic record of all hearings held; requires minutes and decisions to be provided to the injured worker in their native language.