New York State Senator

Matthew Simpson 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03136

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Refer

2/5/25

Refer

1/7/26

Refer

1/30/26

Provides for the recall power of the electors to remove an elective officer.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03221

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Refer

1/7/26

Creates a tax credit for small businesses that sell a certain percentage of products produced in New York state; provides such small businesses include independently or privately-owned cafes, restaurants, eateries, bars, pubs, breweries, distilleries, orchards, food trucks, retail stores, farm stands, hotels, or motels.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03219

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Refer

1/7/26

Authorizes electronic court appearances for criminal matters, excluding jury trials, in all counties in the state; authorizes electronic appearances for criminal matters where the court determines a personal appearance would be impractical, unsafe or excessively burdensome; authorizes sentencing to a period of incarceration to be conducted via electronic appearance for defendants who are already incarcerated.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03179

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders register when temporarily residing within the state; requires short-term rental hosts and short-term rental hosting platforms inform nearby property owners when nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders are staying in the unit.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03220

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides for the establishment of a separate office of family court judge for the county of Essex.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03135

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to private roads; repeals various provisions relating to the application for the creation of a private road.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00102

Introduced

2/10/25

Refer

2/10/25

Passed

2/11/25

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 2025 as American Heart Month in the State of New York

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00104

Introduced

2/11/25

Passed

2/11/25

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Adirondack Studios on February 19, 2025

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00108

Introduced

2/11/25

Refer

2/11/25

Passed

2/12/25

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 28, 2025, as Rare Disease Day in the State of New York

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00103

Introduced

2/11/25

Passed

2/11/25

Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04797

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Enacts the "stop Anti-Semitism on college campuses act" to ensure no state aid is granted to any college or university that authorizes, facilitates, provides funding for, or otherwise supports any event promoting Anti-Semitism on campus; defines "Anti-Semitism".

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04761

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to purchasing restrictions and persons boycotting American allies.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04772

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Enacts "the combating campus antisemitism act"; prohibits the granting of tuition assistance awards to any student who has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism in a manner that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action, that constitutes "true threats"; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04968

Introduced

2/10/25

Refer

2/10/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to being a good samaritan; adds "reasonable intervention" as a reason to be protected from liability; provides that a person may use physical force when and to the extent that such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to maintain order, but may use deadly physical force only when such person reasonably believes that reasonable intervention is necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury; appropriates $500,000 for public service announcements and community-based training programs aimed at educating people about the legal protections and responsibilities of being a good samaritan.

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