New York State Senator

James Skoufis 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00259

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Commemorating the 17th Anniversary of Kosovo's Independence
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02666

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/4/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Relates to the provision of breast pumps and related collection and storage materials to certain incarcerated nursing birth parents who are confined in or committed to an institution or local correctional facility with or without their child subject to specific time limitations; requires institutions and local correctional facilities to provide pumps and related materials to such incarcerated birth parents; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to issue an annual report on data relating to incarcerated birth parents.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00622

Introduced
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2025, as Sikh Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08457

Introduced
7/16/25  
Refer
7/16/25  
Amends the definition of "small group" for purposes of health insurance policies and contracts to fifty employees or fewer; repeals provisions requiring the superintendent to conduct an impact study.
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New York Senate Bill S08467

Introduced
7/30/25  
Refer
7/30/25  
Refer
8/20/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to the redistricting of congressional and state legislative districts and to redistricting in the event that another state has acted to determine the district lines for congressional offices more than once in less than ten years.
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New York Senate Bill J01191

Introduced
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Congratulating Shawn MacKinnon upon the occasion of his retirement after 30 years of distinguished service to the New York State Senate
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08451

Introduced
7/7/25  
Refer
7/7/25  
Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides transparency requirements for news media content composed, authored, or otherwise created through generative AI.
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New York Senate Bill S08416

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) business practices act", to expand the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices.
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New York Senate Bill S08494

Introduced
9/3/25  
Refer
9/3/25  
Provides for permitted leaves of absence for members of the civil air patrol during emergencies for purposes of assisting with such emergencies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08496

Introduced
9/3/25  
Refer
9/3/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Relates to the establishment of regulations for administering immunizations taking into consideration the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the advisory committee on immunization practices, any interstate body established for purposes of reviewing and making recommendations regarding immunization coverage and access, or other similar nationally or internationally recognized scientific organizations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00821

Introduced
4/16/25  
Refer
4/16/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 4, 2025, as Star Wars Day in the State of New York

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02685

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Permits the state and local municipalities to purchase from sources other than the correctional industries program of the department of corrections and community supervision.
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New York Senate Bill S07136

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Adopts the psychology interjurisdictional compact to increase public access to psychological services by allowing telepsychological practice and temporary in-person services across state lines.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08359

Introduced
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Creates a special on-premises license for properties which are located within a designated industrial or economic zoning district, occupy not less than twenty thousand square feet of floor area, and are utilized for the purpose of hosting entertainment or cultural, social, or community events.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01263

Introduced
8/15/25  
Refer
8/15/25  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Commending John Flynn, Patrick Flynn, Kanaye Tesoro, and Alexander MacLeod upon the occasion of their designation as recipients of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual