New York State Representative

Joseph Destefano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 20)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07309

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Corrects a reference to the applicable tax assessment roll for a tax exemption granted to the Ruth AME Zion Church in the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk.
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New York Assembly Bill K00260

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 26, 2025, as Purple Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00264

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 2025, as Recovery Month in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill A06754

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Allows New York state employees to use accrued vacation time toward student loan payments; defines terms; requires the president of the civil service commission to promulgate necessary rules and regulations.
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New York Assembly Bill K00198

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 17, 2025, as Profound Autism Awareness Day in the State of New York

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A07294

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Makes seed purchased to grow food for personal consumption exempt from sales and use taxes.
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New York Assembly Bill A07339

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Requires certain insurance policies to provide coverage for fertility preservation services, including anticipated iatrogenic infertility.
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New York Assembly Bill A07331

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Requires the office of fire prevention and control to pay training stipends in specific amounts to volunteer firefighters for completion of certain firefighter trainings; provides that if a volunteer fire company pays training stipends to volunteer firefighters in an amount below what is otherwise required to be paid by OFPC, OFPC shall pay the remaining amount.
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New York Assembly Bill A07407

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Permits public schools to utilize or display indigenous names.
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New York Assembly Bill A07417

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels; authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level; establishes various exemptions from New York's sales and use tax; provides for a sales tax exemption for housekeeping supplies and for ready-to-eat foods.
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New York Assembly Bill A07363

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Relates to protecting the communication rights of individuals with disabilities; provides that each person with a disability has the right to communicate in their preferred manner.
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New York Assembly Bill A07397

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Requires the department of health to develop and distribute educational materials, such as pamphlets and posters, to the public relating to common myths and misconceptions associated with asthma through healthcare providers, schools, and other channels.
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New York Assembly Bill A06847

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Requires that any rules or regulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation pursuant to the climate action fund are subject to a vote of the legislature and must be approved by a majority vote prior to implementation.
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New York Assembly Bill A06790

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Refer
5/12/26  
Report Pass
5/14/26  
Engrossed
5/14/26  
Provides that for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter or as a volunteer ambulance worker shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to eight hundred dollars; provides for a real property tax exemption under certain circumstances to an enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service residing in such city, village, town, school district, special district, fire district or county.
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New York Assembly Bill A06852

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Requires legislative approval of minimum wage increases promulgated through wage orders.