New York State Senator

Jonathan Rivera 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K01010

Introduced
3/5/26  
Mourning the death of Jonathan A. Dandes, president of Rich Baseball Operations, inductee of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame, and devoted member of his community
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New York Assembly Bill K00988

Introduced
2/26/26  
Mourning the death of the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson and honoring his lifetime of service, leadership, and advocacy for civil rights and social justice
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New York Assembly Bill A03149

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Relates to actions by health care providers against patients; provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to an action by a health care provider against a patient for recovery of payment for an outstanding bill that such health care provider failed to submit such insurance claim to the patient's insurer in a timely manner.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A10477

Introduced
3/6/26  
Establishes a statewide advance care planning public awareness campaign and a community based advance care planning outreach grant program to fund not-for-profit community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, immigrant-serving organizations, senior-serving agencies, housing-based organizations, and other trusted community partners to conduct advance care planning education, outreach, and navigation.
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New York Assembly Bill A10330

Introduced
2/20/26  
Establishes a nonprofit news media jobs grant program within the newspaper and broadcast media jobs program to provide grants to support certain nonprofit media organizations which increase employees.
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New York Assembly Bill A10272

Introduced
2/20/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Prohibits restrictions on insurance policies based solely on the policyholder harboring or owning any dog of a specific breed or mixture of breeds.
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New York Assembly Bill A09554

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
5/11/26  
Refer
5/11/26  
Report Pass
5/20/26  
Refer
5/20/26  
Report Pass
5/28/26  
Engrossed
5/29/26  
Enacts the "deed protection act" in relation to prohibiting a mortgage banker or mortgage loan servicer from commencing, maintaining, or proceeding with a foreclosure action on a mortgage loan where such mortgage banker or mortgage loan servicer knows or has reason to know that the mortgage securing such loan is dependent on a deed, conveyance, or other instrument affecting title to residential real property that was procured by fraud, forgery, or other unlawful means.
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New York Assembly Bill A09551

Introduced
1/14/26  
Relates to coercive control; provides that the family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction over acts which constitute coercive control; provides that courts may issue orders of protection upon a finding of coercive control; directs the office of court administration, in consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence and certain organizations, to develop and administer training for judges and court clerks on coercive control.
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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 A01903

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers except in the case of certain emergencies and surgical procedures.
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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 A02570

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Provides that a person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when a person pretends to be a servicemember or former servicemember, or a first responder, or as having received a decoration or medal; establishes a stolen valor fee.
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New York Assembly Bill A02619

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
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New York Assembly Bill A00118

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to school climate and codes of conduct on school property and disciplinary action following violation of such codes of conduct; makes conforming amendments.
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New York Assembly Bill A03147

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Enacts the "wireless facility siting act"; directs cities, towns and villages to regulate the siting of cellular communications facilities.