New York State Senator

Michael Benedetto 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03589

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Protects library access to electronic literary materials by prohibiting certain restrictive provisions in contracts between publishers and libraries.
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New York Assembly Bill A03506

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status; prohibits an educational agency, higher education agency, school employee, school safety personnel, or third-party contractor from collecting information about a person's citizenship, immigration status, nationality, or country of origin, unless required by law or necessary to administer a public program or benefit sought by such person.
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New York Assembly Bill A03100

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Relates to the right of tenant association to have the first option to purchase a housing unit.
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New York Assembly Bill A03225

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Enacts the consumer litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to consumer litigation funding transactions; provides for contract requirements, including that the contract contain a no penalty provision for the prepayment of the funded amount prior to the settlement of their case; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A04039

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readers or other means of access to individuals who disclose they have difficulty seeing or reading standard print labels on prescription drug containers; defines "prescription drug reader" to mean a device which is capable of audibly conveying information contained on the label of a prescription drug; makes exceptions.
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New York Assembly Bill A03968

Introduced
1/30/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Restores 20 year service retirement for New York city police officers.
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New York Assembly Bill A03655

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Enacts the "home utility weatherization jobs act"; requires each gas corporation, electric corporation, or combination gas or electric corporation to submit to the public service commission for review and approval at least one and up to ten neighborhood scale weatherization and electrification-ready projects.
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New York Assembly Bill A03654

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
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New York Assembly Bill A02359

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Provides per diem rates of payment by governmental agencies for inpatient services provided by facilities designated by the federal department of health and human services as exempt extended neoplastic disease care hospitals.
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New York Assembly Bill A02514

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.
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New York Assembly Bill A02468

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers including a proposed change of rates, charges, terms and conditions of service, the adoption of rules, regulations, guidelines, orders, standards or final policy decisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A01699

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Increases the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first and second degrees; creates the offenses of leaving the scene of an accident involving a bicycle with electric assist without reporting in the first and second degrees.
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New York Assembly Bill A01702

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Relates to the adjudication of parking infractions.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00044

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 26, 2025, as the 212th Anniversary of Juan Pablo Duarte Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00847

Introduced
1/20/26  
Commemorating the observance of the 41st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the State of New York, on January 19, 2026