New York State Representative

Joseph Destefano 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 Assembly Bill A00841

Introduced
1/8/25  
Authorizes the commissioner of health to adopt policies to exclude certain non-recurring items from income that would artificially inflate the availability of funds to meet current needs relating to eligibility for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage.
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New York Assembly Bill A00823

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires all state and private agencies with mandatory reporters of incidents involving vulnerable people to retrain all staff on reporting to a 9-1-1 operator and the county district attorney's office and state and private websites; requires written materials to be updated.
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New York Assembly Bill A00688

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Engrossed
5/12/25  
Refer
5/12/25  
Engrossed
4/29/26  
Refer
4/29/26  
Empowers the office of fire prevention and control to, in coordination with the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the chief disability officer, provide minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters.
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New York Assembly Bill A00469

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Adds a school business official to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) Board.
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New York Assembly Bill A00853

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Allows residents who are employed by employers based in another state to obtain property/casualty or liability coverage under a policy issued to their employer in that state.
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New York Assembly Bill A00824

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to tax abatement programs for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities and senior citizen and disabled homeowners.
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New York Assembly Bill A00154

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides a real property tax exemption to agricultural lands that are used for certain purposes.
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New York Assembly Bill A00200

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the age of eligibility for provisional or permanent appointment of certain police officers from thirty-five to forty.
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New York Assembly Bill A00095

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Directs the MTA to establish a half fare rate program for veterans.
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New York Assembly Bill A00139

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits the siting and construction of battery energy storage systems and related facilities, systems, infrastructure, and substations of any scale and possessing any storage capacity in assembly district 63; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
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New York Assembly Bill A00209

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides that the borough of Staten Island shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks".
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New York Assembly Bill A00101

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the influence of any drug, intoxicant, or other substance to a degree which rendered the victim temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling such person's conduct and such condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person in the actor's situation.
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New York Assembly Bill A00160

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits registered sex offenders from using or being within five hundred feet of any state or municipal-owned park.
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New York Assembly Bill A00132

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Authorizes the creation and issuance of a distinctive license plate for fire police.
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New York Assembly Bill A00130

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides that candidates who have provided firefighting service may deduct up to a maximum of six years from their age for purposes of meeting the age requirements.