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Matthew Simpson 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00684

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Includes intentionally selecting a victim based on certain actual or perceived traits in the crime of murder in the first degree; provides that sentence for commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is death or life without parole.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00510

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the scheduling of a fact finding hearing after the issuance of a temporary order of protection in family court; provides that such hearing shall be scheduled no later than 14 days after the temporary order is issued.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00632

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Includes offenses involving the possession, display or discharge of a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, or disguised gun as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00513

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the crime of doxing a police officer, peace officer, or state officer when a person knowingly makes restricted personal information about a police officer, peace officer, state officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer, publicly available with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against the police officer, peace officer, state officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer; or with the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against the police officer, peace officer, state officer, or a member of the immediate family of such officer; requires the posting of bail.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00566

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires the estimated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body of the bill.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00653

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00527

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to the distribution of the foreign and alien fire insurance premium tax; provides amount received shall be distributed to the fire companies in proportion to the number of active members within each company.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00472

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the "clean fuel standard of 2026"; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00515

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Provides a tax exemption for U.S. military reservists and members of the National Guard.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00655

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Directs the department of environmental conservation, in conjunction with the department of health and the department of labor, to establish the municipal asbestos abatement grant program to provide financial assistance to municipalities for the abatement of asbestos in vacant and/or abandoned commercial properties; makes a $15,000,000 appropriation therefor.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00452

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the retire strong tax credit for certain individuals age 65 or older; authorizes a tax credit amounting to half the qualifying real property taxes paid by such individual for the taxable year, up to $6,500.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00537

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to requiring bills with a threshold level of co-sponsorship to be brought to the floor for a vote to be taken thereon.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00499

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment at summer day camps; includes college coaches, athletic directors, professors, graduate assistants and college presidents among those required to report such suspected abuse or maltreatment.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00787

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the New York state first home grant program; directs the commissioner of homes and community renewal, in consultation with the state comptroller, to implement such program; provides assistance on behalf of a first time home buyer qualified for such program; and for costs in connection with the acquisition, involving an eligible mortgage loan, of an eligible home, including downpayment costs, closing costs, and costs to reduce the rates of interest on eligible mortgage loans; subsidies to make shared equity homes affordable to home buyers by discounting the price for which the home will be sold and to preserve the affordability of the home for subsequent home buyers; and pre-occupancy home modifications required to accommodate qualified home buyers or members of their household with disabilities; excludes the amount of any grant to any first time home buyer awarded or any federal first time home buyer grant program from taxable income for the purpose of calculating New York adjusted gross income.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00200

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Increases the age of eligibility for provisional or permanent appointment of certain police officers from thirty-five to forty.