New York State Senator

Lester Chang 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06089

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Creates the New York state commission on government efficiency to examine state spending, identify unnecessary and wasteful spending and create a report of recommendations of spending items that can be eliminated by New York state.
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New York Assembly Bill A06159

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Increases the penalty for rape in the first degree from a class B felony to an class A-II felony.
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New York Assembly Bill A06169

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Criminalizes the act of engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location outside of New York state to a location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries or to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location within New York state to another location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries.
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New York Assembly Bill A06172

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Eliminates the annual service charge on issuance of special number plates to veterans of the armed forces.
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New York Assembly Bill A06194

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires the court to appoint an attorney to represent the child when credible allegations of serious risk to the child's safety have been made.
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New York Assembly Bill A05908

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Authorizes local municipalities and political subdivisions to have final say on if a renewable energy power plant can be sited in such municipalities' or political subdivisions' jurisdiction; establishes conflict of interest standards for approving the siting of a renewable energy power plant in a local municipality or political subdivision; requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmissions establish a database to collect and display host agreements and land contracts for renewable energy power plants; establishes contract standards concerning the forfeiture of mineral rights for the siting of renewable energy power plants; regulates the conduct of businesses engaged in the conduct of selling renewable energy power plants.
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New York Assembly Bill A05907

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
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New York Assembly Bill A05917

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Relates to the assault of physicians providing direct patient care; provides that assault of physicians shall be assault in the second degree, a class D felony.
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New York Assembly Bill A04326

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Establishes the crime of failure to retreat when a person who is within twenty-five feet of a police officer or peace officer engaged in the performance of their duties and the police officer or peace officer orders such person to halt or retreat and the person fails to do so immediately; requires the posting of bail.
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New York Assembly Bill A04510

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Establishes tuition awards for members of the reserved armed forces of the United States; provides eligibility for such tuition benefit shall be determined by the education services offices of the division of military and naval affairs; restricts such tuition benefit to legal residents of the state; establishes a tuition award account.
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New York Assembly Bill A04477

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters.
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New York Assembly Bill A04337

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Establishes the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation against a police officer or peace officer for knowing the information reported to be false or baseless, such person reports, by word or action, to a law enforcement officer or agency, the wrongdoing by a police officer or peace officer in the performance of such officer's duties; requires the posting of bail.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06049

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Establishes a day of commemoration known as "October 7th Remembrance Day".
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05876

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Enacts "Barreto's law" which establishes the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00135

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2025 as Career and Technical Education Month in the State of New York