New York State Senator

Michael Gianaris 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 16)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07227

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Requires charges for telephone calls based on duration, whether over lines or by cellular, to be charged and prorated by the second; applies to all service providers; authorizes the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations.
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New York Senate Bill S07231

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Relates to the time period during which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an application for such ballot is received by the board of elections.
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New York Senate Bill S07226

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Directs the public service commission to provide notice, in a city having a population of one million or more, to the appropriate local community board prior to such commission's consideration of granting permission to a gas corporation or electric corporation furnishing utility service to acquire or sell land; establishes that such community boards shall also be provided with the opportunity to submit comments and recommendations on the proposed sale or acquisition; directs the public service commission to address and respond to such comments and recommendations.
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New York Senate Bill S07236

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check, is prohibited by federal law or is subject to a temporary or extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to article sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules.
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New York Senate Bill S07228

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Prohibits gas and electric corporations from filing any schedules setting forth rules or regulations which absolve or attempt to absolve such corporations from liability for the interruption of its supply of service arising from the ordinary negligence of its employees, servants or agents; provides that any such schedules filed are void as against public policy.
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New York Senate Bill S07232

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
5/29/26  
Grants immunity from liability for personal injury and property damage sustained by a crime victim upon the premises of a business or nonprofit while seeking assistance, except in the case of gross negligence.
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New York Senate Bill S07225

Introduced
4/4/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Establishes a public service commission nominating board to make recommendations of persons qualified for appointment as commissioners of the public service commission.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill J00753

Introduced
4/7/25  
Refer
4/7/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Commemorating Dominicans in Albany, a celebratory event of empowerment, on April 9, 2025
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New York Senate Bill S07282

Introduced
4/8/25  
Refer
4/8/25  
Ends involuntary servitude in state and local correctional facilities in New York state.
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New York Senate Bill J00768

Introduced
4/9/25  
Refer
4/9/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Congratulating the Binghamton High School Boys Basketball Team upon the occasion of winning the NYSPHSAA Class AA Championship on March 21, 2025
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New York Senate Bill S07314

Introduced
4/9/25  
Refer
4/9/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/18/25  
Permits surviving spouses of NYC police pension fund members to retain accidental death benefits upon remarriage.
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New York Senate Bill J01131

Introduced
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Posthumously honoring the life and service of United States Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Eugene J. Darrigan who was laid to rest in his hometown of Wappingers Falls, New York, on May 24, 2025
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New York Senate Bill J00738

Introduced
4/3/25  
Refer
4/3/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 6, 2025, as Queens Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S01714

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Engrossed
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Refer
4/22/26  
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; defines excited delirium.
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New York Senate Bill S01622

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Imposes a progressive income tax structure for high income taxpayers.