New York State Senator

John Liu 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 36)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00413

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

3/24/25

Refer

3/24/25

Refer

1/7/26

Engrossed

3/25/26

Refer

3/25/26

Makes the release of any claim by an employee, or independent contractor who is a natural person, against an employer, unenforceable if, as a condition of such resolution, the employee or independent contractor is prohibited from applying for, accepting, or engaging in future employment with such employer, or any entity or entities related to such employer.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00406

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Permits an exception from registration for nonresident pharmacies in cases of a specific patient need or a declared public health emergency under certain conditions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00438

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

2/25/25

Refer

2/25/25

Refer

1/7/26

Engrossed

2/24/26

Refer

2/24/26

Engrossed

3/24/26

Refer

3/24/26

Establishes the prescription drug supply chain transparency act; requires pharmacy services administrative organizations, pharmacy switch companies and rebate aggregators to register with the insurance department and to provide certain disclosures relating to the ownership and activities of such entities; relates to deposits into the pharmacy benefit manager regulatory fund.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00428

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Refer

6/11/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

1/27/26

Engrossed

5/5/26

Refer

5/5/26

Requires chain restaurants to place an icon on menus next to food items that have a high content of sodium.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00454

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00440

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

4/21/26

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00448

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00449

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00519

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Engrossed

2/12/25

Refer

2/12/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

1/28/26

Establishes the underrepresented teachers of tomorrow teacher recruitment and retention program to attract and retain underrepresented certified teachers in schools which have an underrepresentation of underrepresented certified teachers; provides for grants and procedures for applying for such grants and eligibility requirements for fund distribution.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00528

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

1/28/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to the salaries of certain teachers and aides employed by boards of cooperative educational services; puts limits on certain administrative and clerical expenses.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00435

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes that contain certain toxic metals; requires the department of health to establish a list of prohibited toxic metals; requires the department of health to study the long term health effects of using electronic cigarettes.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00420

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

4/29/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

2/4/26

Provides that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product or package is recyclable unless it can be collected, separated or otherwise recovered from the waste stream through an established recycling program for reuse or use in manufacturing or assembling another item; requires the department of environmental conservation to develop regulations on types and forms of plastic products and packaging for which a claim of recyclability may be made; requires all rigid plastic containers sold in this state be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce such container; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00419

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Report Pass

1/28/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires public utility companies to repair or replace all damaged residential lateral sewer and water pipes where such damage was caused by such public utility company.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00423

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to an aid rollback for charter schools.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00552

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the state comptroller and the comptroller of the city of New York to coordinate the scheduling and performance of audits of charter schools in the city of New York.

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