New York State Senator

Kwani O'Pharrow 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 23)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09645

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Report Pass
4/28/26  
Establishes a 13 member veteran suicide mortality review board to serve as the statewide entity responsible for the multidisciplinary review of suicide deaths among veterans by identifying trends and systemic factors contributing to veteran suicide; assessing gaps in services, access to care, and institutional practices; developing evidence-based recommendations for prevention and policy improvement; and promoting collaboration among relevant state, local, and federal agencies.
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New York Assembly Bill A02444

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Exempts toothpaste, toothbrushes and dental floss from the payment of sales tax.
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New York Assembly Bill A01738

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Enacts the "vicarious liability for housing discrimination act"; imposes vicarious liability on a person for unlawful discriminatory practices related to the sale, rental, or lease of certain property by such person's agent.
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New York Assembly Bill A01702

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Relates to the adjudication of parking infractions.
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New York Assembly Bill A02620

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.
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New York Assembly Bill A02594

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Enacts the good jobs guarantee program to provide workforce training and opportunities for employment for residents of New York state to secure high paying jobs through the acquisition of job skills.
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New York Assembly Bill A01390

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Authorizes the transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities; requires annual reporting on the number of such incarcerated individuals transferred.
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New York Assembly Bill A01556

Introduced
1/10/25  
Refer
1/10/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Enacts the "food safety and chemical disclosure act"; prohibits certain food additives and food color additives; provides that in an action to enforce compliance, the recognition by the federal food and drug administration of any of these substances as safe may not be alleged as a defense; establishes requirements for the reporting of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substances.
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New York Assembly Bill A02084

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Establishes the office of gun violence prevention and the gun violence advisory council.
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New York Assembly Bill A02240

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor.
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New York Assembly Bill A02140

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Relates to fair pricing for low-complexity, routine medical care to more closely align payment rates across ambulatory settings for selected services that are safe and appropriate to provide in all settings.
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New York Assembly Bill A02074

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Provides for the sealing of unfounded, exonerated, and pending claims made against law enforcement officers; requires such claims to be redacted from disciplinary records.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00873

Introduced
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2026, as Blood Donor Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00029

Introduced
1/21/25  
Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the city of New York, New York to be celebrated in 2025
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New York Assembly Bill K00028

Introduced
1/21/25  
Commemorating the observance of the 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 20, 2025