New York State Senator

Larinda Hooks 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 A00508

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the maximum time limits for tuition assistance program awards; increases the maximum number of academic years of study to six.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00643

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the purchase of claims by corporations or collection agencies; relates to the inference of an assignee's intent and purpose in taking an assignment of a claim against an obligor that is not an eligible obligor.
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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 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 A00589

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Relates to port authority organization, appearance and notice; establishes the port authority transportation advisory committee.
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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 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 A00828

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the fifteenth day of the month of Kartika on the Hindu calendar in each year, known as Diwali, as a statewide school holiday.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00468

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Engrossed
3/17/25  
Refer
3/17/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study to examine and update the requirements of safety inspections conducted to ensure the operational safety of all motor vehicles; requires a report; makes related provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00073

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Requires the display of certain labels and warnings on gas stoves sold, displayed for sale, or offered for sale at retail to a consumer in this state; authorizes the department of state to adopt regulations regarding the placement and format of such labels; provides for penalties; authorizes the attorney general to enforce such provisions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00114

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Allows for certain notices related to property/casualty insurance contracts under the vehicle and traffic law to be delivered by electronic means.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00136

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Refer
4/28/25  
Report Pass
4/28/25  
Refer
4/28/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Engrossed
4/29/25  
Refer
4/29/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Enrolled
12/31/25  
Chaptered
2/6/26  
Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00084

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to increasing short-term disability benefits.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00101

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the influence of any drug, intoxicant, or other substance to a degree which rendered the victim temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling such person's conduct and such condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person in the actor's situation.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00199

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol; directs the superintendent of the state police to publish a list of pistols that the superintendent has determined to be convertible pistols.