New York State Senator

Leroy Comrie 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 80)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00174

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the "commuter rail employee rights protection act".
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New York Senate Bill S00096

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires the MTA to submit an annual report on all minor and major contract cost overruns; establishes such report shall include a list of all contracts where overruns exceed one million dollars, all contracting firms involved, the winning bid amounts, the actual costs incurred, a description of the project, completion delays, and an analysis of why the contract bid amount was exceeded.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00015

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires nursing homes to designate dedicated storage spaces for the storage of the bodies of deceased persons; requires nursing homes to develop and submit plans to the department of health for the designation of such dedicated storage spaces; establishes requirements for such storage spaces.
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New York Senate Bill S00068

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.
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New York Senate Bill S00040

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs.
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New York Senate Bill S00161

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/13/25  
Refer
5/13/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Engrossed
5/4/26  
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.
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New York Senate Bill S00072

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/27/25  
Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
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New York Senate Bill S00195

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Prohibits the sale of vape products that resemble school supplies, toys, or are packaged or advertised in any way to appeal to or target minors or the youth population.
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New York Senate Bill S00454

Introduced
1/8/25  
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 Senate Bill S00440

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.
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New York Senate Bill S00453

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires a health care provider who administers an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to 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 Senate Bill S00461

Introduced
1/8/25  
Prohibits the use in an industrial plant of any product or substance that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including vats, conveyor belts, molds, ovens, pans, pots, chemicals used as mold releasers, lubricants, seals and coatings.
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New York Senate Bill S00448

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
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New York Senate Bill S00439

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Enacts "the prison minimum wage act" relating to payment for labor performed by incarcerated individuals.
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New York Senate Bill S00495

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to medical use of psilocybin; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy grant program; makes an appropriation therefor.