New York State Senator

James Skoufis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 56)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09980

Introduced
4/20/26  
Reduces electric corporations' response time for securing downed wires to one hour upon notice; provides that corporations failing to do so shall be subject to a fine in an amount to be determined by the department of public service.
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New York Senate Bill S09979

Introduced
4/20/26  
Authorizes retail licensees to purchase alcohol with a business payment card.
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New York Senate Bill S09990

Introduced
4/21/26  
Authorizes licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation statewide between June 11 and July 20, 2026.
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New York Senate Bill S10001

Introduced
4/22/26  
Refer
4/22/26  
Engrossed
5/28/26  
Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises at 22 N Main Street in the village of Florida, county of Orange.
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New York Senate Bill S10006

Introduced
4/22/26  
Relates to making restaurant and bar patios one hundred percent smoke free.
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New York Senate Bill S10010

Introduced
4/22/26  
Relates to the transfer and conveyance of certain property located on the Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center campus to the town of Goshen.
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New York Senate Bill S10034

Introduced
4/24/26  
Authorizes and empowers each municipality of the state and the department of transportation to implement a program for imposing fines for littering using photo violation-monitoring systems.
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New York Senate Bill S10089

Introduced
4/28/26  
Allows for justices to reside in any town, village or city contained in whole or in part within the same assembly district as the court such justice serves or in an assembly district contiguous to such municipality where the court is located; authorizes towns and villages to require that any person who serves as a town or village justice be admitted to practice law in the state.
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New York Senate Bill S10098

Introduced
4/28/26  
Relates to the maximum allowable timeframes to respond to requests for records under the freedom of information act.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill J01934

Introduced
4/22/26  
Refer
4/22/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Recognizing May 2, 2026, as I Love My Park Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01931

Introduced
4/22/26  
Refer
4/22/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2026, as Sikh Heritage Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01961

Introduced
4/23/26  
Refer
4/23/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 28, 2026, as Animal Advocacy Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S10059

Introduced
4/24/26  
Enacts "Brendon's law" to prohibit participation, including spectators within two hundred feet, of any motor vehicle speed contest, sideshow and street takeovers; authorizes seizure and forfeiture; adds damaging an authorized emergency vehicle as constituting the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree.
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New York Senate Bill J01964

Introduced
4/24/26  
Refer
4/24/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 19-25, 2026, as Library Week in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01981

Introduced
4/27/26  
Refer
4/27/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 28, 2026, as MWBE Advocacy Day in the State of New York