New York State Representative

Joseph Destefano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 53)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03656

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Creates the crime of unlawful possession of a radio frequency jamming device.
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New York Assembly Bill A03649

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Permits the state board of elections to join certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations and provide such organizations with certain voter information; requires the state to join a multistate voter list maintenance organization on or before July 31, 2026.
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New York Assembly Bill A03673

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Relates to lifting mandatory hiring and retirement ages for municipal police.
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New York Assembly Bill A03659

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Classifies criminal possession of a firearm from a class E felony to a class D felony.
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New York Assembly Bill A03618

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Establishes the New York small business relief fund to provide grants to small businesses who have suffered economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; provides for a tax write-off for gifts made to such fund.
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New York Assembly Bill A03633

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Establishes a veterans in agriculture assistance and outreach program to help integrate veterans into the field of agriculture, and support veterans currently working in agriculture; designs an associated logotype for the promotion of products produced by a veteran or qualified veteran business entity.
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New York Assembly Bill A03657

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Relates to the unlawful discharge of a loaded firearm toward any police officer, firefighter, corrections officer, peace officer, or emergency medical services personnel.
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New York Assembly Bill A03681

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Engrossed
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Engrossed
1/28/26  
Removes restrictions on the frequency certain authorized organizations may conduct bingo games.
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New York Assembly Bill A03729

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residences of surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty.
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New York Assembly Bill A09584

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Report Pass
3/11/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Engrossed
3/25/26  
Enhances know your customer requirements and responsible gaming procedures; relates to the opening and closing of an authorized sports bettor's account; prohibits an authorized sports bettor from allowing another person to access such bettor's account; allows a bettor who does so to be designated a prohibited bettor; provides for the disposition of revenues from violation fines.
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New York Assembly Bill A09636

Introduced
1/21/26  
Limits sports wagering to wagers on the final outcome, score, or winner of a sporting event or contest.
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New York Assembly Bill A09657

Introduced
1/21/26  
Permits the principal of any high school to allow any local fire department, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of fire department junior recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions by students.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00847

Introduced
1/20/26  
Commemorating the observance of the 41st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 19, 2026
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New York Assembly Bill K00860

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2026, as Firefighter Cancer Prevention Month in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00861

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2026, as Thyroid Disease Awareness Month in the State of New York