New York State Senator

James Sanders 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 32)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01425

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/11/26  
Relates to establishing a uniform metric for measuring noise impacts that will be used by airports for the purpose of noise exposure maps and noise compatibility programs.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00100

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 28, 2025, as Rare Disease Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01371

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02057

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02085

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00229

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2025, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02128

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
3/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Requires certain health insurance issuers to certify that at least a majority of prescription drug rebates are provided to patients at the point of sale.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02198

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Prohibits consumer reporting agencies and lenders from using an individual's late payment of cashless tolls to determine their credit worthiness.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02131

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01913

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to establishing the "340B prescription drug anti-discrimination act"; prohibits pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers from discriminating against covered entities and New York state pharmacies based on participation in the drug discount program authorized by section 340B of the federal public health service act.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01829

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Establishes the office of flooding prevention and mitigation to manage and coordinate the work of task forces, commissions, and other bodies and programs tasked with examining issues related to flooding, to review and assess best practices and make recommendations regarding flood prevention and mitigation, and to assist municipalities in developing strategies and policies to combat flooding.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01402

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to the execution of a warrant of arrest; authorizes the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to establish a system to record and monitor the issuance and execution of search warrants; authorizes the chief administrator of the court system to establish educational programs for judicial personnel on the law of searches, arrests and seizures.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02027

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Creates a banking development district working group to assess the banking development district program and provide an annual report to the governor and legislature on the strengths and weaknesses of such program; defines unbanked and underbanked.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01893

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01993

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Establishes the "climate safe and responsible bank procurement act", which creates standards for the purchasing of bank services.