New York State Senator

Lester Chang 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 15)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01367

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Directs local law enforcement agencies in municipalities authorizing an auxiliary police force by local law to provide retirement service identification cards to auxiliary police officers who retire with 10 or more years of service or who are injured in the course of duty and unable to continue duty due to such injury.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01358

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides a religious exemption from vaccination requirements for school attendance.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01318

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03853

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

2/25/26

Refer

2/25/26

Relates to property tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations; allows for nonprofit organizations to file an application for an exemption with the assessor no later than the taxable status date applicable to the following year's assessment roll where such nonprofit organization has purchased property after the taxable status date but prior to the levy of taxes.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04017

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

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.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03686

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement including retirees, vested members and members terminated without a one-year limit on return.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03693

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Allows CUNY community college students to transfer all earned credits to a New York state university.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03951

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Enacts the New York state antisemitism vandalism act which establishes the crime of vandalism of pro-Israel print, which provides a class A misdemeanor for any individual who intentionally destroys, damages, removes, or causes to be destroyed, damaged or removed any banner, poster, flyer or billboard which is located in a public space, where the intent or purpose of such banner, poster, flyer or billboard is to bring awareness for Israeli individuals who have been victims of a crime, or to positively support the country or citizens of Israel in any way.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03852

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Increases the cap on the real property tax exemption of capital improvements to residential buildings.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03884

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish a pilot program to install a microgrid in Glenwood Houses; requires the authority to annually report on the results of such program and any recommendations for expansion.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03938

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Report Pass

5/28/25

Refer

5/28/25

Report Pass

6/4/25

Refer

6/4/25

Report Pass

6/11/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Refer

6/11/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Enrolled

12/1/25

Chaptered

12/12/25

Passed

12/12/25

Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03794

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Prohibits the enactment of unfunded mandates for a period of three years; instructs the state comptroller to conduct a report on the annual fiscal impact enacted state legislation has on the revenues and expenses of local municipalities.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03773

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires that public school districts provide parents with notice of curriculum and obtain parental consent prior to providing sexual health education to students ten years of age or younger.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00045

Introduced

1/24/25

Refer

1/24/25

Passed

1/27/25

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2025, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00066

Introduced

1/31/25

Refer

1/31/25

Passed

2/3/25

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 3, 2025, as Four Chaplains Day in the State of New York

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