New York State Senator

James Sanders 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 41)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09579

Introduced
3/26/26  
Requires certain establishments provide tap water on request.
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New York Senate Bill S08569

Introduced
11/7/25  
Refer
11/7/25  
Requires inpatient facilities to dispense at-risk individuals with opioid reversal drugs upon discharge.
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New York Senate Bill S08357

Introduced
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/25/26  
Allows a bank, in the discretion of the comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance, to arrange for the redeposit of moneys, in whole or in part, through a deposit placement program.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01827

Introduced
3/27/26  
Refer
3/27/26  
Report Pass
3/31/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2026, as Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01845

Introduced
4/1/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane, renowned artistic trailblazer and innovative New York jazz musician
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New York Senate Bill J01872

Introduced
4/14/26  
Refer
4/14/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 20, 2026, as New York State Constitution Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01300

Introduced
12/31/25  
Refer
12/31/25  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Congratulating the York Middle/High School Girls Varsity Volleyball Team upon the occasion of winning the NYSPHSAA Class D State Championship
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New York Senate Bill S08577

Introduced
11/14/25  
Refer
11/14/25  
Enacts the "fair share act"; authorizes cities imposing city personal income taxes to adopt and amend local laws imposing an additional tax of two percent on the annual city taxable income of city residents, estates and trusts reporting any return in excess of one million dollars.
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New York Senate Bill S08580

Introduced
11/14/25  
Refer
11/14/25  
Requires merchants to round cash purchases to the nearest five cent denomination in order to encourage the reduction of the circulation of pennies within New York state.
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New York Senate Bill S09821

Introduced
4/7/26  
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
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New York Senate Bill J01859

Introduced
4/9/26  
Refer
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Commemorating April 8, 2026, as the One-Year Anniversary of the Jet Set nightclub tragedy in the Dominican Republic, and paying tribute to the many lives lost and injured in the incident
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New York Senate Bill J00594

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Congratulating Carman Bogle for her ceaseless dedication as Mayor of the Village of Cambridge, New York
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New York Senate Bill J01252

Introduced
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S07174

Introduced
4/3/25  
Refer
4/3/25  
Retroactively adjusts the compensation of formerly incarcerated individuals who were unjustly convicted; exempts such adjusted income from state income taxes.
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New York Senate Bill S07173

Introduced
4/3/25  
Refer
4/3/25  
Provides for the return of fines, restitution and reparation payments and any interest thereon where a defendant is subsequently pardoned upon the ground of innocence or the conviction is reversed or vacated.