New York State Senator

Michelle Hinchey 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 29)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S08221

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part C); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part D); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part E); relates to paperless ticketing systems options (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).
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New York Senate Bill J01097

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Honoring the distinguished veterans from the State of New York upon the occasion of their induction into the New York State Senate 2025 Veterans Hall of Fame
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New York Senate Bill J01098

Introduced
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Welcoming the students, teachers and administrators of the Bronx High School of Science to the Legislative Chambers in Albany, New York on May 28, 2025
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New York Senate Bill J00807

Introduced
4/14/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Commending Timothy Jaccard upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill J00809

Introduced
4/15/25  
Refer
4/15/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 15, 2025, as Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J00812

Introduced
4/15/25  
Refer
4/15/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 26, 2025, as Bangladesh Independence Day in the State of New York

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S08243

Introduced
5/27/25  
Provides that any time the produce security fund exceeds six million dollars on the one hundred twentieth day prior to the commencement of the next licensing year, the commissioner of agriculture and markets shall suspend the collection of the security fund fee; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill J01100

Introduced
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 21-27, 2025, as Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S07329

Introduced
4/10/25  
Refer
4/10/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Designates March eighth as Women's day in the state of New York as a public holiday.
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New York Senate Bill S07383

Introduced
4/11/25  
Refer
4/11/25  
Allows Christopher Collins to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer with the Saugerties police department.
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New York Senate Bill S07387

Introduced
4/14/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Authorizes retail dispensary licensees, microbusiness licensees and nursery licensees to sell up to three immature cannabis plants per person for personal cultivation; defines immature cannabis plant; directs the cannabis control board to promulgate rules and regulations relating to the sale of immature cannabis plants.
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New York Senate Bill J00803

Introduced
4/14/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Commending Orien J. Race posthumously upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill J00805

Introduced
4/14/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Commending Michael De Benedictus posthumously, upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill J00804

Introduced
4/14/25  
Refer
4/14/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Commending Andrew P. Doro posthumously upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill S07406

Introduced
4/15/25  
Refer
4/15/25  
Enacts the "cellular mapping act"; requires the public service commission to review cellular services within the state; requires the expansion of cellular services.