New York State Senator

Jo Simon 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 93)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04869

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Refer
4/28/25  
Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04867

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Requires the chief administrator of the courts to provide reports on legal training programs conducted by the office of court administration, the performance of the judges and justices of the unified court system, and the security of the judicial and non-judicial officers of the unified court system.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04850

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Engrossed
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Enacts the "New York state teleworking expansion act"; provides that each state agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04868

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Requires the disclosure of certain information when an agency responds to a request for law enforcement disciplinary records, including information a victim alleges regarding sexual misconduct.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04872

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Requires each institution of higher education to make publicly available its policy on notifying the parent, guardian, or emergency contact of a student under twenty-one of certain controlled substance and alcohol violations, including rule infractions, and controlled substance or alcohol related hospitalizations or overdoses; requires such colleges and institutions to conduct regular training on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
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New York Assembly Bill A05293

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Relates to granting certain individuals youthful offender status; adds a new category of individuals eligible for young adult offender status; provides for process and sentencing requirements related to such statuses.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05247

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Establishes a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on the presence of educator diversity in the state, state actions taken to promote educator diversity, and how the state can encourage new initiatives to enhance and promote educator diversity in New York; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
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New York Assembly Bill A00167

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to authorizing a five mile per hour speed limit for open streets in cities having a population in excess of one million.
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New York Assembly Bill A00031

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to creating the health emergency response data system, which collects information and statistical data relating to public health emergencies in order to assist the department of health, other government entities, health care providers, and the public in understanding and responding to public health emergencies.
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New York Assembly Bill A00057

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/28/25  
Relates to action arising out of consumer debt; defines consumer debt and replaces consumer credit transaction with such term.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00053

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.
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New York Assembly Bill A00034

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Refer
4/7/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00050

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the New York city arts space act which provides tax benefits for eligible arts spaces.

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00093

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits mandatory arbitration agreements in consumer and employment contracts; repeals existing provisions prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00036

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits any cannabis related advertisements in establishments within a certain distance from schools; increases penalties for prohibited advertisement of tobacco and cannabis products; requires enforcement inspections.