New York State Senator

James Skoufis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 23)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S02710

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Restores 20 year service retirement for New York city police officers.
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New York Senate Bill S04581

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Authorizes an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for uniformed court officers and peace officers employed by the unified court system.
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New York Senate Bill S04577

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Requires public authorities and public benefit corporations to negotiate with professional firms providing architectural, engineering, geological, landscape architectural or surveying services in order from the most qualified to the least qualified with regard to the provision of services to the authority or corporation.
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New York Senate Bill S04595

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Increases taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages; authorizes twenty percent of tax revenues to be allocated to the New York state drug treatment and public education fund.
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New York Senate Bill S04559

Introduced
2/7/25  
Requires the appointment of a Title VI coordinator at every college and university in the state to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal civil rights act of 1964; requires the division of human rights to develop training for students and employees; requires the Title VI coordinator to notify annually all students and employees of the institution's policies and procedures for reporting discrimination and harassment.
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New York Senate Bill S04602

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections; directs that the BOE extend voting to account for the disruption.
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New York Senate Bill S04589

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides for the calculation and analysis of certain health center costs.
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New York Senate Bill S04591

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts except to the extent that damages were caused by or are the proximate result of the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional.
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New York Senate Bill S04609

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the "stop online predators act"; requires operators of covered platforms to conduct age verification to determine whether a user is a covered minor; requires operators of covered platforms to utilize certain default privacy settings for covered minors; requires operators of covered platforms to require parental approval of certain activity related to a covered minor's covered platform account.
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New York Senate Bill J00423

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Mourning the death of John O. Peck, devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, and small business owner
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New York Senate Bill S05623

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02721

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/27/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes the mobile and manufactured home replacement program to eliminate older mobile and manufactured homes and replace them with new manufactured, modular or site-built homes; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S04582

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Prohibits elected officials from collecting retirement while still in office when the retirement is earned from an elective public office.
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New York Senate Bill S04576

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/27/26  
Establishes a procedure for appointing a president or chairperson upon a vacancy of such position.
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New York Senate Bill S04575

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to the powers of the chairman and members of the state liquor authority (Part A); authorizes special permits to remain open during certain hours of the morning (Part B); permits certain retail licensees to purchase wine and liquor from certain other retail licensees (Part C); relates to permissible sales by license holders (Part D); allows multiple off-premises licenses (Part E); relates to licensing restrictions for manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages and retail licensees (Part F); relates to the approval of seven day licenses to sell liquor at retail for consumption off the premises (Part G); adjusts licensing fees regarding certain alcoholic beverages (Part H); relates to changes of ownership of a licensed business (Part I); relates to the issuance of temporary retail permits; makes permanent certain provisions relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail permits (Part J); establishes a temporary wholesale permit and allows multiple wholesale licenses owned by the same person or entity to be located at the same premises (Part K); relates to licenses issued for on-premises consumption within a certain distance of a building occupied as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship with consent of such building's owner or administrator (Part L); permits licenses for premises located within five hundred feet of other premises outside of certain counties (Part M).