New York State Senator

Michelle Hinchey 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 39)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03476

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Enacts the bucks for boilers act, which creates a program to aid in transition of housing units to electric heat pumps and other high energy efficiency upgrades.
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New York Senate Bill S03397

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S03547

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Establishes school based health centers to be organized through school, community, and health provider relationships and provide services in keeping with state and local laws and regulations, as well as established medical standards, and best practices.
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New York Senate Bill S03415

Introduced
1/27/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Establishes the universal child care act to provide for the establishment and funding of universal child care in the state of New York; establishes a universal child care taskforce to help implement universal child care in the state and repeals certain provisions of the social services law relating thereto; establishes the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund; establishes a universal child care public option pilot program to provide universal child care in at least twenty locations throughout the state; makes an appropriation therefor.
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New York Senate Bill S03590

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Engrossed
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Enacts the climate resilient New York act; establishes the office of resilience and a resilience task force to assess and identify climate related threats and develop a statewide resilience plan.
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New York Senate Bill S03607

Introduced
1/28/25  
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to Medicare-eligible retirees and their Medicare-eligible dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.
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New York Senate Bill J00106

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 12-18, 2025, as Period Poverty Awareness Week in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S01438

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/27/26  
Engrossed
1/27/26  
Establishes the New York state abortion clinical training program within the department of health for the purpose of training health care practitioners in the performance of abortion and related reproductive health care services; requires the commissioner of health to submit a report to the governor and the legislature.
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New York Senate Bill J00033

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Congratulating the Schuylerville High School Varsity Football Team and Head Coach John Bowen upon the occasion of capturing the 2024 NYSPHSAA Class C Football Championship on December 7, 2024
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New York Senate Bill S01439

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Imposes an additional tax on income attributable to long-term capital gain.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01326

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to establishing discount programs for low-income senior citizens and individuals with a disability; provides that utilities, waterworks corporations, telephone corporations and cable television companies shall create discount programs that provide a 10 percent discount to low-income senior citizens and individuals with a disability; defines terms.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01328

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Relates to requiring the establishment of utility customer arrears reporting; requires utilities to report to the public service commission on customers who are in arrears.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00020

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Commending Private Leonard Cesternino 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 J00023

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Commending Joseph Mark Fletcher 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 J00021

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Commending Robert Jesse Warrington 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