New York State Senator

Lester Chang 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02598

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition; allows for school districts and municipalities with a population of less than fifty thousand to opt into the recognition of such holidays.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02002

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides an optional tax exemption for property operating as a child day care that localities can opt into through local law.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02021

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death, a class A-1 felony.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02498

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Increases the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2025.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02504

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the veterans' services organization capital support program to provide funding to eligible entities for payment of the capital costs of construction, improvement, repairs, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of facilities owned by eligible entities, and for the acquisition of related equipment with a useful life of not less than ten years; appropriates a sum of $10,000,000 therefor.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02480

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/17/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to creating a tax credit for taxpayers who purchase and install a water filtration or purification system in their residence or business.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02618

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Directs the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the superintendent of state police and the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services, to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02590

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Adds certain human services programs to the designated human services programs eligible for a cost of living adjustment.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02600

Introduced

1/21/25

Refer

1/21/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to allowing the possession and sale of electronic dart guns and electronic stun guns for self-defense; adds such weapons in the definition of obstructing governmental administration by means of a self-defense spray device.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00148

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Imposes a fee of not less than twenty per centum of transaction amounts equal to or exceeding one thousand dollars on customers who initiate international wire transfers without a valid social security number or taxpayer identification number.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00157

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Enacts the "responsible implementation of e-bike regulations for safe cycling (RIDERS) act; defines "electric skateboard" and "electric personal mobility device"; requires the registration of all electric personal mobility devices, including, but not limited to, bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters and electric skateboards; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04746

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Creates a cyber security enhancement fund to be used for the purpose of upgrading cyber security in local governments, including but not limited to, villages, towns and cities with a population of one million or less; restricts the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms in response to ransomware attacks.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04809

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to punitive measures and the collection of student loans and suspension and revocation of tuition assistance awards for individuals found guilty of anti-Semitism.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04802

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for residents who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup and who suffered a permanent disability.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04743

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Directs the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the assembly to identify the date of Asian Lunar New Year; declares such day as a public holiday each year.

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