New York State Senator

Kwani O'Pharrow 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 21)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01297

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Enacts the "Marvin Mayfield act", eliminating mandatory minimum sentences.
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New York Assembly Bill A01234

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.
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New York Assembly Bill A01211

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
4/27/26  
Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.
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New York Assembly Bill A03804

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Provides that all equipment used for the transmission and switching of radio signals for the provision of commercial mobile radio service or mobile internet access service no longer constitutes real property subject to the real property tax law.
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New York Assembly Bill A03899

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Requires inspections of child day care homes, programs and facilities include the full premises; requires providers of a family day care home or group family day care home to disclose to the office of children and family services all persons who reside in the home where child day care is being provided; requires all providers of child day care to receive training for, provide and maintain onsite opioid antagonists for use during emergencies.
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New York Assembly Bill A04009

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Increases the penalty of sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a child from a class B felony to a class A-II felony.
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New York Assembly Bill A04044

Introduced
1/30/25  
Makes certain fees and charges related to emergency medical services permanent.
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New York Assembly Bill A04017

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Excludes the amount of state and local taxes and fees from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged for that electronic payment transaction by a credit or debit card network; prohibits a payment card network from altering or manipulating the computation and imposition of interchange fees.
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New York Assembly Bill A04028

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Requires the disclosure of video footage related to the death of an incarcerated individual involving a correctional officer to the attorney general's office of special investigation.
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New York Assembly Bill A04040

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law; provides that in cases of alleged housing discrimination, an unlawful discriminatory practice may be established by a practice's discriminatory effect.
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New York Assembly Bill A03691

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Prohibits telephone corporations from charging a caller any increased rates, charges, or fees for long-distance or other calls without first notifying such caller.
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New York Assembly Bill A03981

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that refusal to submit to such field tests is specified to be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A03779

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Restricts the use by an employer or an employment agency of electronic monitoring or an automated employment decision tool to screen a candidate or employee for an employment decision unless such tool has been the subject of an impact assessment within the last year; requires notice to employment candidates of the use of such tools; provides remedies for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A03966

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Requires instruction on the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. capitol and its aftermath in all schools in the state.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00069

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 7, 2025, as Students with Disabilities Advocacy Day in the State of New York