New York State Senator

Jo Simon 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 34)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05736

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Prohibits prior peace officers or police officers whose position as such was terminated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer or a police officer.
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New York Assembly Bill A05793

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Requires fares for paratransit services providing public transportation for eligible individuals with disabilities or health conditions that prevent them from using public buses and subways for some or all of their trips, to be made available at the same fares for individuals with disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize public buses and subways.
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New York Assembly Bill A05773

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services.
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New York Assembly Bill A05352

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Refer
5/12/26  
Report Pass
5/28/26  
Engrossed
5/29/26  
Directs the department of social services to establish an outdoor, nature-based child care pilot project to explore establishing licensing guidelines for the operation of outdoor, nature-based child care programs in an outdoor space and that employ a nature-based early learning curriculum to teach enrolled children.
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New York Assembly Bill A05320

Introduced
2/13/25  
Expands tuition assistance program awards for students experiencing homelessness.
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New York Assembly Bill A05330

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Establishes a uterine fibroids awareness and education program on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and the elevated risk for minority women.
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New York Assembly Bill A05344

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Provides for adjustment of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE), disability rent increase exemption (DRIE), senior citizen homeowners' exemption (SCHE), and disabled homeowners' exemption (DHE) by any increase in the consumer price index (CPI).
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New York Assembly Bill A05403

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Prohibits discrimination against and harassment or bullying of students by other students on school property or at a school function; requires schools to investigate reports of bullying; requires schools to adopt a written, plain-language anti-bullying and harassment policy; requires school employees to report incidents of bullying or harassment.
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New York Assembly Bill A05399

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Establishes incapacity to consent when a person is a witness to or subject of an investigation under certain circumstances.
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New York Assembly Bill A05389

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Requires all policies that provide coverage for inpatient hospital care to include benefits for child and family treatment and support services and children's home and community based services.
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New York Assembly Bill A05372

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Requires certain buildings display domestic violence signs developed by the office for the prevention of domestic violence in their bathrooms.
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New York Assembly Bill A05409

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Requires local social services districts distribute shelter information specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming persons on the district's website and as pamphlets at intake shelters.
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New York Assembly Bill A05373

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Prohibits immigration enforcement in school settings; prohibits all public and charter schools from allowing law enforcement officials inside school property to access a student, except to address an imminent safety situation or if they have an appropriate judicial warrant or judicial order.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05343

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Provides grants for schoolyards and playgrounds to become living schoolyards which provide outdoor learning spaces for students.
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New York Assembly Bill A05346

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Refer
6/16/25  
Requires warning labels on social media platforms which provide an addictive feed, autoplay, infinite scroll, like counts, and/or push notifications; directs the commissioner of mental health to design the warning label.