New York State Representative

Joseph Destefano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 58)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02248

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Enacts the college textbook affordability act; establishes the New York state open education resources council and the New York state open source digital library; authorizes SUNY campuses and community colleges to adopt open educational resources adoption incentive program campus plans and apply for grants to implement such plans; provides that settlements with the office of the attorney general shall be used to provide assistance to the state university of New York for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act.
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New York Assembly Bill A02198

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Establishes the crimes of assault on a pregnant person in the second degree as a class D felony and assault on a pregnant person in the first degree as a class C felony.
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New York Assembly Bill A02201

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Directs state aid to be payable to any municipal corporation or special district that contains land in the counties of Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne comprising the northern Montezuma wildlife management area.
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New York Assembly Bill A02083

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Relates to sentencing and larceny of property of the elderly or disabled.
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New York Assembly Bill A02229

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Establishes a tax credit for companies that employ New York national guard and reserve members in an amount equal to fifteen hundred dollars for each national guard or reserve member employed by such employer and twenty-five hundred dollars for each national guard or reserve member employed by such employer who has completed or returned from a deployment or activation.
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New York Assembly Bill A02195

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Relates to establishing the born alive abortion survivors' protection act that places requirements on health care practitioners present at the time a child is born alive during an abortion.
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New York Assembly Bill A02199

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Designates sweet corn as the state vegetable.
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New York Assembly Bill A02217

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Exempts retail sales of bottled water from the imposition of sales and use taxes.
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New York Assembly Bill A02221

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Provides that there is no duty to keep premises safe for persons engaging in noncommercial aviation.
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New York Assembly Bill A02169

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Exempts receipts from the services provided by a farrier in shoeing a horse including reasonable fees for travel and shoeing a horse in a remote location on a farm.
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New York Assembly Bill A02234

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Establishes the city of New York education fund from an additional real property tax to support education programs.
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New York Assembly Bill A02257

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Allows the legislature to authorize pool-selling without profit.
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New York Assembly Bill A02343

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Exempts veterans eighty-five years of age and older from the obligation to pay New York state income tax.
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New York Assembly Bill A02298

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Provides a personal income tax credit in the amount of any fishing and/or hunting fees paid by members of the United States armed forces in active service.
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New York Assembly Bill A02295

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Extends eligibility for the agricultural property tax credit to farmers having a leasehold interest of not fewer than five continuous years in qualified agricultural property.