New York State Senator

James Sanders 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 35)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06309

Introduced
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Establishes discrimination where insurers exclude, limit, restrict or reduce coverage of a publicly-assisted housing accommodation due to lawful source of income.
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New York Senate Bill S06304

Introduced
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Relates to expungement of records for certain juveniles convicted of a nonviolent offense after seven years and satisfactory completion of such person's probation, parole, supervised release and payment of any fines imposed or restitution ordered, whichever is later.
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New York Senate Bill S06316

Introduced
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Requires any waste hauler providing waste removal services to provide to customers certain estimated costs and invoices; includes penalties for initial and subsequent violations; requires moneys collected from penalties and fines to be deposited into the environmental protection fund.
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New York Senate Bill S06301

Introduced
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate how to regulate artificial intelligence, robotics and automation; repeals such commission.
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New York Senate Bill S02680

Introduced
1/22/25  
Provides that each student loan servicer shall submit an annual report containing a list of all private education creditors associated with the private education debts serviced by the student loan servicer that are owed by persons who resided in New York during the prior calendar year and containing additional information for each private education creditor reported.
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New York Senate Bill S04787

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Requires the commissioner of education to make a report on the extent of all existing resources and best practices available for swimming instruction classes in public schools and establish a working group on swimming education.
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New York Senate Bill S04793

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Enacts the towing protection enforcement act; updates laws that regulate the towing of vehicles, including adding provisions thereto to prevent predatory towing of vehicles within the City of New York.
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New York Senate Bill S04796

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Relates to enacting the "Esther Salas candidate privacy act" providing the option for candidates for office and petition witnesses not to put their address on designation petitions but instead file such with the county clerk for a fee.
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New York Senate Bill S04794

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Alters tax exemption programs for the development of new and affordable housing; defines "initial construction period" and "extended construction period"; makes related changes.
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New York Senate Bill S04791

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Enacts "Destini Smothers' law"; requires collaboration between law enforcement agencies in missing persons investigations; provides support for relatives of such missing persons.
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New York Senate Bill S04808

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to make efforts to reduce incarcerated individual telephone rates and to place a cap on the cost of outgoing calls.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04798

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Authorizes the New York state department of financial services to oversee the planned closing of bank branch offices by federally chartered banking organizations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04789

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Relates to training requirements for attorneys appointed to represent a child in certain proceedings.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04547

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
5/22/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04527

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Relates to the taxation of vapor products; provides for the licensing of vapor products distributors; imposes certain tax return filing requirements on vapor products distributors; provides for enforcement powers.