New York State Representative

Joseph Destefano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 49)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01353

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Requires certain bills which establish a commission, task force, board, council or any similar body shall have not less than one position appointed by each of the legislative leaders.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01367

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Directs local law enforcement agencies in municipalities authorizing an auxiliary police force by local law to provide retirement service identification cards to auxiliary police officers who retire with 10 or more years of service or who are injured in the course of duty and unable to continue duty due to such injury.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01345

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Includes falsely reporting incidents in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of police officers to a particular address or location as a felony offense under the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01397

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to allergy awareness and training in restaurants; requires allergen awareness training; requires certification within thirty days after hire date.
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New York Assembly Bill A01171

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Provides for a tax deduction for the adoption of a child with special needs of an amount equal to $10,000.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00877

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires a report on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older adult, including the number of individuals who are primary caregivers for an older adult, the average age of a primary caregiver, the cost to an individual to provide care to an older adult, and the economic value and savings to the state of such individual's services.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01211

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/27/26  
Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.
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New York Assembly Bill A01123

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to creating autism teams in hospitals; requires the department of health to design a pilot program to develop one "autism team" who may be called upon should a patient with autism come to a hospital; provides that members of the autism team shall be knowledgeable about autism and communication difficulties many people with autism have and advise physicians and other staff on how to communicate with patients with autism.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01133

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to the powers and duties of the advisory council of the justice center for the protection of people with special needs; adds additional duties relating to investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03131

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Provides for the viewing of photo or video footage captured by a camera installed inside a school bus, by a parent or guardian of a pupil, when such parent, guardian or pupil reports any incident of physical harm, harassment, intimidation or bullying occurring against the pupil while such pupil travelled on such school bus.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03109

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Permits the appointment of fire chiefs and assistant chiefs who are employees of a fire district.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03026

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Provides for the disposition of certain fines and penalties; directs such fines to a conservation enforcement account in the state conservation fund.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03226

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Enacts the "ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act"; provides for the issuance of anti-stalking orders.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00045

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2025, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00047

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2025, as Thyroid Disease Awareness Month in the State of New