New York State Senator

Kwani O'Pharrow 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00701

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00618

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Engrossed
1/27/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00699

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires the implementation of an electronic benefit transfer system using industry-standard commercial electronic funds transfer technology.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00494

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Adds courses at a licensed New York state driving school approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles to the list of driver education providers.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00516

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the volunteer firefighters' and ambulance workers' credit.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00649

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00514

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00574

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00472

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the "clean fuel standard of 2026"; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00756

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Defines the term "construction projects" to mean the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of any school building where a district receives any apportionment for debt service or building aid and the school building is sited within the Long Island region; provides that each contract involving the award of a construction project shall require the use of a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcontractors on such project.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00765

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Refer
4/21/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Engrossed
4/22/26  
Requires that a health care provider who administers an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older must report such information to the department of health or to the New York city citywide immunization registry unless the person receiving the immunization objects to such reporting.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00767

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes the youth justice innovation fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of youth development and preventing youth arrest and incarceration.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00784

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the "AC in residencies (AIR) act"; requires the installation of permanent cooling and dehumidification equipment in at least one indoor common gathering space in certain multiple dwellings and multiple residences.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00785

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Enrolled
7/23/25  
Chaptered
7/24/25  
Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00791

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the "sick leave for pets care act"; allows employees to receive paid sick leave for the medical diagnosis or treatment of such employees' sick pets.