New York State Representative

Joseph Destefano 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 67)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04824

Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Authorizes the spouses of certain volunteer firefighters to be issued a distinctive license plate for volunteer firefighters.
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New York Assembly Bill A04153

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Enhances the penalties for crimes committed during a riot.
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New York Assembly Bill A04124

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Establishes the crime of aggravated grand larceny as grand larceny in the fourth degree involving a motor vehicle.
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New York Assembly Bill A04125

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Establishes distinctive "POW-MIA" license plates; establishes the "POW-MIA awareness fund" to fund POW-MIA public education and awareness campaigns and veteran services by Rolling Thunder New York chapters and upon approval by the state director of veterans' services.
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New York Assembly Bill A04131

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Conforms the New York state college choice tuition savings program to the federal qualified tuition program so as to include savings for grades kindergarten through 12.
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New York Assembly Bill A04055

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the use or sale of single use plastic straws and beverage stirrers in state parks.
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New York Assembly Bill A04155

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Permits judicial discretion based on dangerousness when issuing a securing order; allows for limited pre-trial detention upon such a determination; extends the time period for discovery from twenty to forty-five days; permits the immediate issuance of a bench warrant for failure to appear for certain principals charged with hate crimes; places restrictions on when appearance tickets may be issued.
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New York Assembly Bill A04130

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Provides that when property, regardless of its nature and value, is taken from the person of another and the victim is 65 years of age or older or such property is obtained by extortion and the victim is 65 years of age or older, such crimes shall be grand larceny in the third degree and subject to a class D felony.
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New York Assembly Bill A04224

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Prohibits the percentage of disbursements from the state lottery fund that goes towards education aid from falling below 45.15 percent.
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New York Assembly Bill A04197

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Requires instruction in owning and operating a business including, but not limited to, basic financial literacy necessary for sound financial decision-making, leadership, management, communication, budgeting, savings, credit, debt, insurance, taxation, and other issues associated with owning and operating a business.
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New York Assembly Bill A04244

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Allows for principals to be remanded into custody for drug treatment where there is a risk of continued substance abuse or the use of an opioid antagonist was required.
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New York Assembly Bill A04154

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Includes the Sandy Ground community, the oldest continuously inhabited free black settlement in the United States, in the education curriculum.
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New York Assembly Bill A04205

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Directs the board of trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees of the city university of New York to develop and administer the tuition exemption for law enforcement program, which exempts police officers enrolled in full-time or part-time degree programs at the state university of New York or the city university of New York, including community colleges, from tuition and fees for the duration of their enrollment.
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New York Assembly Bill A04235

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Reclassifies court officers and court clerks of the unified court system under the definition of police officer.
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New York Assembly Bill A04123

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Provides that schools, child day cares, day care centers, or community based organizations which support activities for children under the age of eighteen can not serve as a shelter for migrants.