New York State Senator

Kalman Yeger 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06939

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Requires each school district to ensure that every public school in which school days exceed five hours in duration provides up to thirty minutes of daily recess within the school day for all students in kindergarten through fifth grade and for students in sixth grade who attend an elementary school.
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New York Assembly Bill A06955

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of three megawatts or greater, of no less than seven hundred fifty feet from residential property and no less than three hundred feet from residential property located in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants; requires public hearings prior to the approval of an application for a permit for such systems.
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New York Assembly Bill A07105

Introduced
3/20/25  
Refer
3/20/25  
Provides benefits to Metro-North employees involved in or who witness a serious injury or fatality of another person in the course of an assigned duty.
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New York Assembly Bill A06721

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/18/25  
Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.
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New York Assembly Bill A06759

Introduced
3/12/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Establishes a correctional employee protective labor practices board to make recommendations regarding labor practices and working conditions for correctional employees, and institutional safety of both correctional employees and incarcerated individuals.
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New York Assembly Bill A06804

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Engrossed
5/4/26  
Provides that court records in a proceeding under articles 77, 78 and 81 of the mental hygiene law shall not be perused, examined, disclosed, taken or copied by any other person than a party, the attorney or counsel of a party, the guardian, the court evaluator or the court examiner except by order of the court.
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New York Assembly Bill A06987

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Requires covered entities report to the department of health regarding certain 340B drug discounts and what percentage of patients benefit from such discounts.
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New York Assembly Bill A06999

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Requires the consumer protection division to establish a process by which any state agency or third party, pursuant to an interagency agreement with the division for the purposes of fraud prevention, identity verification, and ensuring the integrity or security of individual identities, to grant access to verify New York resident identities via a secure comparison process against state systems.
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New York Assembly Bill A07426

Introduced
3/26/25  
Refer
3/26/25  
Extends the time where certain entities can provide fiscal intermediary services to July 1, 2025.
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New York Assembly Bill A06447

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Allows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits; empowers the superintendent of state police to approve such service.
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New York Assembly Bill A06452

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.
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New York Assembly Bill A06532

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residences of spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty.
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New York Assembly Bill A06597

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Authorizes the imposition of bail for certain offenses involving threats of mass harm against a school district, school, school staff or a student.
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New York Assembly Bill A06545

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/13/26  
Refer
5/13/26  
Report Pass
5/28/26  
Imposes liability for damages caused by a chatbot impersonating certain licensed professionals.
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New York Assembly Bill A06563

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Requires the notification of a crime victim or witness of the death of the accused if such person dies during pending judicial proceedings or during any period of incarceration, parole or post-release supervision, or when an order of protection exists.