New York State Senator

Jen Lunsford 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00701

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00509

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Allows camp employees to administer medications and treatment to children, under parent or guardian consent and authorization, pursuant to a patient specific order and in compliance with regulations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00678

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00618

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Engrossed
1/27/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00473

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a nonpartisan poll monitoring program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00612

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Engrossed
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Removes certain requirements on what the office of children and family services can determine to be an appropriate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00643

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the purchase of claims by corporations or collection agencies; relates to the inference of an assignee's intent and purpose in taking an assignment of a claim against an obligor that is not an eligible obligor.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00718

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to incorporating the cost of living adjustment into subsequent annual maximum state aid base rates for providing care to foster children.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00738

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00474

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the penalties for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated, doubles penalties for operators having .18 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in their blood, breath, urine, or saliva, and includes other operating while intoxicated convictions in sentencing considerations.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00622

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Engrossed
3/31/26  
Requires mandatory health insurance coverage for acupuncture services upon the prescription of a health care provider acting within the provider's scope of practice.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00574

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00401

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the hire a vet grant program; provides grants to municipalities where a veteran is hired and employed, for not less than twelve continuous and uninterrupted months in a full-time or part-time position.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00384

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Relates to reporting unmet need, which is the number of eligible individuals seeking participation in a program or service who are not receiving such program or service due to insufficient resources or capacity.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00472

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the "clean fuel standard of 2026"; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.