New York State Senator

Karines Reyes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 58)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04211

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Requires comprehensive coverage for treatment of obesity, including coverage for prevention and wellness, nutrition counseling, intensive behavioral therapy, bariatric surgery, and FDA-approved anti-obesity medication.
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New York Assembly Bill A04178

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Designates February 21st as Mother Language Day, as a day of commemoration.
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New York Assembly Bill A04117

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".
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New York Assembly Bill A04148

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"; requires employers to provide suitable seats to all employees where the nature of such employees' work reasonably permits seated work; prohibits employers from artificially designing a work space to require standing; requires the department of labor to determine whether the nature of work reasonably permits seated work; creates a private right of action for employees whose employer does not provide seats.
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New York Assembly Bill A04116

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.
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New York Assembly Bill A04189

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Authorizes the comptroller of the city of New York to enforce and investigate certain violations of the state minimum wage.
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New York Assembly Bill A04181

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04133

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law; provides that in addition to the fines, such person may be enjoined from continuing such violation and any permit or certificate issued to such person may be revoked or suspended, or a pending renewal application may be denied.
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New York Assembly Bill A04139

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Relates to unlawful dealing in real property, when a person uses material governmental information, which such person knows or has reason to know is non-public, to purchase or sell real property; makes such offense a class A misdemeanor.
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New York Assembly Bill A04152

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Issues distinctive epilepsy awareness license plates; establishes an epilepsy awareness fund and an epilepsy research and education program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04108

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Imposes a surcharge on monthly phone bills to fund the costs associated with the administration, design, installation, construction, operation, and maintenance of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline in New York state; establishes the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline trust fund.
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New York Assembly Bill A04249

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Prohibits public utilities from using funds or being reimbursed by funds raised from ratepayers for contributions or gifts to political candidates, trade associations, public charities, and lobbyists, and for certain travel, entertainment and educational expenditures.
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New York Assembly Bill A04727

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/24/25  
Engrossed
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Extends paid family leave benefits to employees who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04714

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Exempts the conveyance of real property for open space, parks, or historic preservation purposes to any not-for-profit tax exempt corporation operated for conservation, environmental, parks or historic preservation purposes from the state real estate transfer tax and the additional tax on real estate transfers of residential real property where the consideration is one million dollars or more.
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New York Assembly Bill A06586

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Requires health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover patient navigation services.