New York State Representative

Joseph Destefano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 15)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04802

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Provides free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for residents who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup and who suffered a permanent disability.
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New York Assembly Bill A04763

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Makes permanent certain provisions relating to expanding opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises.
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New York Assembly Bill A04738

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Requires that a minimum of ten percent of the labor hours of the total construction workforce employed by all contractors and subcontractors performing work pursuant to a construction contract shall be performed by a person or persons participating in a certified apprenticeship program; makes technical amendments.
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New York Assembly Bill A04768

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Requires that all new motor vehicles sold or leased at new motor vehicle dealerships include a spare tire, whether or not equipped with standard radial or run-flat tires.
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New York Assembly Bill A04747

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Relates to enacting the Come Home to Hunt Act, which provides for the purchase of a two-day hunting license for non-residents to hunt domestic game bird, migratory game bird, big game, and small game.
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New York Assembly Bill A04750

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Requires the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, to develop model mental health screenings for students and associated guidelines to assist school mental health screeners to perform mental health screening services to identify concerns in students' mental health.
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New York Assembly Bill A04826

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health and the director of the state office for the aging shall establish a mental home health services program for the aging to facilitate access to mental home health services to respond to identified mental health needs, including those needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the aging or families that may not have access to mental health professionals in-person; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A04797

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Enacts the "stop Anti-Semitism on college campuses act" to ensure no state aid is granted to any college or university that authorizes, facilitates, provides funding for, or otherwise supports any event promoting Anti-Semitism on campus; defines "Anti-Semitism".
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New York Assembly Bill A04757

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Authorizes the Long Island rail road commuter's council to study technologies which would allow seamless communication between fire departments and the Long Island rail road to improve passenger safety and emergency response efficiency.
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New York Assembly Bill A04770

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Implements licensure and eligibility limitations for the cannabis control board's social and economic equity plan regarding persons convicted of certain felonies.
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New York Assembly Bill A04734

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Authorizes municipalities to establish residency restrictions for sex offenders.
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New York Assembly Bill A04785

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Provides for free criminal history background checks for mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations.
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New York Assembly Bill A04786

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Establishes a presumption of shared parenting of minor children in matrimonial and family court proceedings.
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New York Assembly Bill A04828

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Improves the transportation of children with special needs to and from school; provides that bussing time shall not exceed one and one-half hours; provides a special needs liaison to work with each family with a child with special needs; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A04778

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Requires the state to reimburse municipalities for loss of real property tax revenue resulting from the establishment of community residential facilities for the disabled.