New York State Senator

Matthew Simpson 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 13)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00134

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 15-22, 2025, as FFA Week in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00133

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim Friday, February 7, 2025, as Wear Red for Women Day in the State of New York
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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
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New York Assembly Bill K00077

Introduced
2/4/25  
Recognizing February 2, 2025, as World Wetlands Day

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Assembly Bill A06007

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Provides that where safety equipment or devices have been made available, and an employee has failed to follow safety instruction or safe work practices in accordance with training provided, or failed to utilize provided safety equipment or devices, or engaged in a criminal act or was impaired by the use of drugs or alcohol, and such failure, act or impairment is a proximate cause of an injury to such person, the conduct attributable to such person shall not bar recovery, but the amount of damages otherwise recoverable shall be determined in accordance with contributory negligence provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A06012

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity.
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New York Assembly Bill A05983

Introduced
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for confronting an individual to prevent a theft or the unlawful taking of goods, wares, or merchandise; does not prohibit employers from training or re-training employees on policies against confrontation of theft.
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New York Assembly Bill A04468

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Requires proportionally equivalent appointees of both the majority and minority houses of the legislature in all legislatively enacted workgroups, task forces, commissions, councils, advisory boards, committees and any other legislatively enacted and appointed groups or workgroups; requires that the number of appointees by the legislature shall be proportionally equivalent to the number of appointees by the governor.
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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 A04481

Introduced
2/4/25  
Establishes the New York road salt reduction council and the New York road salt reduction advisory committee to provide a mechanism for interagency cooperation and coordination to implement the recommendations of the report of the Adirondack road salt reduction task force.
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New York Assembly Bill A04321

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Creates a series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who were wounded in the line of duty or the spouse of such, which shall bear the words "Wounded in the Line of Duty"; includes the New York state sheriff's association, New York state association of chiefs of police, police benevolent association of the New York state troopers, the New York state police benevolent association, and the New York city police benevolent association; provides that proceeds from the service charge shall be used for a fund to assist wounded/fallen officers and their families.
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New York Assembly Bill A04439

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Relates to the purchase of zero-emission buses and the procurement of electric-powered buses, vehicles or other related equipment and infrastructure; requires public utilities to have infrastructure, capacity, facilities, and transmission and distribution systems needed to supply power for the charging of zero-emission buses and provides a tariff for charging of electric buses.
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New York Assembly Bill A04704

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Grants a $100,000 real property tax exemption to conservation clubs and rod and gun clubs owning land acquired prior to January 1, 2025, having an assessed value of $500,000 or less.
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New York Assembly Bill A04545

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Provides expanded enrollment through New York state of health through tax returns (Part A); allows for enrollment through the New York state of health at any time for first-time enrollees; expands New York state of health navigator program (Part B); creates the New York health benefit and cost commission (Part C); establishes New York health care savings accounts to expand and incentivize purchasing private health insurance (Part D).
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New York Assembly Bill A04692

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Exempts inland lakes which are navigable waterways and have an area of 150 acres or more from wetlands designations, not including great lakes.