New York State Senator

Jose Serrano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00401

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act"; prevents the displacement of middle and lower-income tenants in New York and preserves affordable housing by providing an opportunity for tenants to own or remain renters in the properties in which they reside.
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New York Senate Bill S00404

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits the search, with or without a warrant, of geolocation and keyword data of a group of people who are under no individual suspicion of having committed a crime, but rather are defined by having been at a given location at a given time or searched particular words, phrases, character strings, or websites.
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New York Senate Bill S00415

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers; establishes a one fair wage reimbursement credit.
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New York Senate Bill S00418

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the class A misdemeanor of unlawful procurement of a firearm, for the purchase or acquisition of more than 1 firearm during any period of 30 days.
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New York Senate Bill S00551

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.
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New York Senate Bill S01049

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01068

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides for a review process of proposals to alienate municipal parkland.
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New York Senate Bill S01057

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Relates to the reporting of alienation of municipal parkland.
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New York Senate Bill S01070

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Creates the New York state civilian complaint review board to investigate alleged misconduct by police and peace officers.
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New York Senate Bill S01072

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Directs the state education commissioner to require public school districts to report on compliance with art education instruction requirements.
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New York Senate Bill S01066

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to providing access to services, law enforcement and counsel in certain immigration related matters.
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New York Senate Bill S01074

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires public disclosure of certain state agency materials, and authorizes the office for technology to publish a technical standards manual for the publishing of records on the internet by state agencies.
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New York Senate Bill S01062

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
4/24/25  
Refer
4/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Directs the council on the arts to establish criteria and guidelines for the establishment of state designated arts and cultural districts.
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New York Senate Bill S01065

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
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New York Senate Bill S01073

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to providing a sales and compensating use tax exemption in certain areas of New York city.