New York State Senator

Luis Sepulveda 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 60)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S09768

Introduced
4/6/26  
Relates to proof of claims for unjust conviction and imprisonment.
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New York Senate Bill S09780

Introduced
4/6/26  
Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor.
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New York Senate Bill S09785

Introduced
4/6/26  
Relates to the establishment of a single computerized state DNA identification index; requires municipalities to expunge any DNA record stored in a municipal DNA identification index.
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New York Senate Bill S09774

Introduced
4/6/26  
Requires annual reports of legal settlement payments related to law enforcement activity; provides such report shall include, but not be limited to, monetary amounts, plaintiffs and named parties, and shall be published on the website of the comptroller.
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New York Senate Bill S09802

Introduced
4/6/26  
Exempts amounts received from any financial settlement for childhood sexual abuse for determining eligibility for or amount of benefits under any program provided under the social security law.
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New York Senate Bill S09795

Introduced
4/6/26  
Relates to the right of defendants in misdemeanor or felony cases to have such matter appear before a judge or justice admitted to practice law in New York; creates an automatic right to have a case reassigned to an attorney judge.
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New York Senate Bill S09771

Introduced
4/6/26  
Relates to liability to support a child who is placed in foster care pursuant to an approved application for foster care maintenance; provides that such liability shall not be imposed if it will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the child on whose behalf such payments are to be made or other persons in the child's household or will adversely affect the length of the child's placement or impair the ability of the child to return home when discharged from foster care; limits the ability of a county or local social services district to cause a referral to be sent for the purpose of commencing collection of child support for a child placed in foster care.
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New York Senate Bill S09792

Introduced
4/6/26  
Permits amendment of a claim or notice of intention to file a claim to correct jurisdictional pleading defects and the dismissal of a claim based upon claimant's failure to comply with jurisdictional pleading requirements.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S09808

Introduced
4/6/26  
Creates a tax credit for certain household pet expenses including medical and veterinary expenses and everyday expenses for up to two household pets.
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New York Senate Bill S08616

Introduced
12/12/25  
Refer
12/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Engrossed
5/13/26  
Prohibits the use of electronic shelving labels, digital shelf display technology, and surveillance pricing in food retail establishments and drug retail establishments; provides injunctive relief and civil penalties.
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New York Senate Bill S08624

Introduced
12/19/25  
Refer
12/19/25  
Permits courts to award punitive damages against an estate for sexual abuse.
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New York Senate Bill S08623

Introduced
12/19/25  
Refer
12/19/25  
Prohibits the use of surveillance pricing, directly or indirectly; prohibits the collection, use, retention, or sharing of data to facilitate surveillance pricing; provides exceptions; provides for enforcement by the attorney general; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill J01300

Introduced
12/31/25  
Refer
12/31/25  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Congratulating the York Middle/High School Girls Varsity Volleyball Team upon the occasion of winning the NYSPHSAA Class D State Championship
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New York Senate Bill S08577

Introduced
11/14/25  
Refer
11/14/25  
Enacts the "fair share act"; authorizes cities imposing city personal income taxes to adopt and amend local laws imposing an additional tax of two percent on the annual city taxable income of city residents, estates and trusts reporting any return in excess of one million dollars.
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New York Senate Bill S09812

Introduced
4/6/26  
Relates to providing more predictable and stable schedules for employees in low-wage occupations; provides that an employer shall pay an employee for at least 4 hours at the basic minimum hourly wage for each day an employee reports for work as instructed but is given less than four hours of work.