New York State Senator

Michelle Hinchey 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 23)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00432

Introduced

2/27/25

Refer

2/27/25

Report Pass

3/4/25

Passed

3/4/25

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 15 to June 15, 2025, as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month in New York State

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05535

Introduced

2/24/25

Refer

2/24/25

Engrossed

4/2/25

Refer

4/2/25

Refer

1/7/26

Engrossed

4/1/26

Refer

4/1/26

Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05542

Introduced

2/24/25

Refer

2/24/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the professional practice of community midwifery; defines as the management in the home, birth center, or community setting, of normal pregnancies, child birth, and postpartum care, including newborn evaluation, resuscitation and referral for infants; sets requirements for license and practice.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05539

Introduced

2/24/25

Refer

2/24/25

Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05565

Introduced

2/25/25

Refer

2/25/25

Report Pass

5/12/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

4/20/26

Requires health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover patient navigation services.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05587

Introduced

2/25/25

Refer

2/25/25

Refer

1/7/26

Excludes the amount of state and local taxes and fees from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged for that electronic payment transaction by a credit or debit card network; prohibits a payment card network from altering or manipulating the computation and imposition of interchange fees.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05684

Introduced

2/27/25

Refer

2/27/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05751

Introduced

2/28/25

Refer

2/28/25

Refer

3/18/25

Refer

1/7/26

Refer

2/3/26

Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05759

Introduced

2/28/25

Refer

2/28/25

Report Pass

5/13/25

Engrossed

6/12/25

Refer

6/12/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; defines terms.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05514

Introduced

2/24/25

Refer

2/24/25

Includes consideration of evidence of recent acts of aggravated cruelty to animals as a factor to be considered when determining whether grounds for a temporary extreme risk protection order exist.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05516

Introduced

2/24/25

Refer

2/24/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Refer

6/11/25

Refer

1/7/26

Engrossed

4/28/26

Refer

4/28/26

Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05513

Introduced

2/24/25

Refer

2/24/25

Engrossed

6/6/25

Refer

6/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Expands agricultural tourism to include, but not be limited to, the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery, winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked goods and similar items.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05749

Introduced

2/28/25

Refer

2/28/25

Refer

1/7/26

Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05747

Introduced

2/28/25

Refer

2/28/25

Extends the authority of the county of Ulster to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax by two years.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05750

Introduced

2/28/25

Refer

2/28/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to the packaging of cannabis and industrial hemp products; requires the cannabis control board to develop strategic plans detailing the packaging and labeling requirements to be used prior to the retail sale of any cannabis or cannabis product; establishes a sustainable cannabis packaging incubator program.

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