New York State Senator

Jose Serrano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 36)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08577

Introduced
11/14/25  
Refer
11/14/25  
Enacts the "fair share act"; authorizes cities imposing city personal income taxes to adopt and amend local laws imposing an additional tax of two percent on the annual city taxable income of city residents, estates and trusts reporting any return in excess of one million dollars.
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New York Senate Bill S09812

Introduced
4/6/26  
Relates to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations; provides that an employer shall pay an employee for at least 4 hours at the basic minimum hourly wage for each day an employee reports for work as instructed but is given less than four hours of work.
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New York Senate Bill S09821

Introduced
4/7/26  
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.
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New York Senate Bill J01859

Introduced
4/9/26  
Refer
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Commemorating April 8, 2026, as the One-Year Anniversary of the Jet Set nightclub tragedy in the Dominican Republic, and paying tribute to the many lives lost and injured in the incident
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New York Senate Bill S07116

Introduced
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it.
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New York Senate Bill J00594

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Congratulating Carman Bogle for her ceaseless dedication as Mayor of the Village of Cambridge, New York
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New York Senate Bill J01252

Introduced
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08512

Introduced
9/24/25  
Refer
9/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet.
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New York Senate Bill S08533

Introduced
10/17/25  
Refer
10/17/25  
Prohibits organized militias from another state, territory, or district from entering into New York for the purpose of doing military duty without the express permission of the governor unless such militia has been called into federal service and is acting under authority of the president of the United States.
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New York Senate Bill J01293

Introduced
11/5/25  
Refer
11/5/25  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Commending Armando Gramajo and Shayla Gramajo upon the occasion of their designation as recipients of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon individuals by the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill S08544

Introduced
10/24/25  
Refer
10/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
1/27/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Provides that the prescribing, dispensing, or receipt of mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be considered a criminal conversion act under certain circumstances; provides that mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded under certain circumstances.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08579

Introduced
11/14/25  
Refer
11/14/25  
Elevates assault of an employee of the New York city department of parks and recreation to a class D felony.
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New York Senate Bill S08400

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation, in conjunction with the department of economic development, to conduct a feasibility study and report on the potential reestablishment of the empire state summer games.
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New York Senate Bill S10102

Introduced
4/29/26  
Refer
4/29/26  
Engrossed
4/29/26  
Refer
4/29/26  
Engrossed
4/29/26  
Enrolled
4/29/26  
Chaptered
4/29/26  
Authorizes the South Country central school district, in the county of Suffolk, to issue serial bonds for the purpose of liquidating deficits in its general fund; requires that the district prepare quarterly budget reports, quarterly trial balances; provides for advance aid to such school district (Part A); extends provisions of law relating to directing the state inspector general to appoint an independent monitor for the Orange county industrial development agency for one year (Part B).
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New York Senate Bill S10103

Introduced
4/29/26  
Refer
4/29/26  
Engrossed
4/29/26  
Refer
4/29/26  
Engrossed
4/29/26  
Enrolled
4/29/26  
Chaptered
4/29/26  
Provides for emergency appropriation through May 4, 2026 for the support of government.