New York State Senator

Jen Lunsford 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 10)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09521

Introduced
1/14/26  
Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters.
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New York Assembly Bill A09571

Introduced
1/16/26  
Increases short-term disability benefits.
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New York Assembly Bill A02565

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Engrossed
3/26/25  
Creates the New York electronic communications privacy act; requires government agents and agencies to obtain a search warrant for physical or electronic access to electronic device information.
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New York Assembly Bill A02581

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Enrolled
10/9/25  
Creates a department of health education and outreach program on reproductive health services for consumers, patients, educators, and health care providers related to reproductive health services available in New York state including, but not limited to: access to family planning services such as contraceptives and pregnancy testing, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A02596

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.
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New York Assembly Bill A02598

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.
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New York Assembly Bill A02642

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Mandates the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules and regulations.
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New York Assembly Bill A01915

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Requires health care plans and payors to have a minimum of twelve and one-half percent of their total expenditures on physical and mental health annually be for primary care services.
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New York Assembly Bill A01962

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to injuries or deaths of minors resulting from failure to safely store a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.
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New York Assembly Bill A02327

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Requires disclosure, in such form as the superintendent shall require, of non-confidential information regarding step therapy override requests and determinations on a website that is readily accessible to the public.
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New York Assembly Bill A02440

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Requires each appropriate institution housing a defendant due to mental disease or defect to assign a critical time intervention care management team to the defendant and make a single point of access referral for the defendant prior to such defendant's discharge.
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New York Assembly Bill A02446

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Establishes the Take A Look medical and dental workforce employment tour pilot program which is a campaign to promote and market the health care workforce employment and career opportunities in the following economic development regions: central, north country, western, finger lakes, capital region, mohawk and southern tier.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00845

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 19-23, 2026, as National Passenger Safety Week in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill A02613

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides additional protections for sensitive health information; requires all health information networks, electronic health record systems, and health care providers to provide patients with a right to restrict the disclosures of such patient's health information; defines terms; provides for exceptions.
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New York Assembly Bill A02633

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Engrossed
5/5/26  
Directs the president of the state civil service commission to conduct a study on job vacancies across state agencies and determine which, if any, state agencies are understaffed.