New York State Senator

Nathalia Fernandez 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02547

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Establishes a culturally responsive education curriculum and standards; requires all school districts, charter schools and private schools to integrate culturally responsive education throughout the education of all students at all grade levels; establishes a pilot program in culturally responsive education; appropriates $25,000,000 therefor.
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New York Senate Bill S02588

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Authorizes the provision of site mapping for emergency response data with school safety plans; provides for the funding of such mapping data.
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New York Senate Bill S02606

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Provides free use of public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation in this state for members or citizens of state or federally recognized Native American nations.
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New York Senate Bill S02602

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
5/18/26  
Establishes the office of Native American affairs to act as a centralized office for Native American nations to access information on state programs that are provided to Native Americans.
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New York Senate Bill S02648

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
5/5/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/1/26  
Provides that dental insurance coverage shall include coverage for night guards; defines dental night guards; provides that dental night guards shall be covered under Medicaid.
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New York Senate Bill S02644

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
5/5/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Prohibits the retrospective denial of payment for substance use disorder treatment services if an insured was covered for such services at the time treatment was initiated; requires insurers to notify a treatment provider when an insured has lost coverage based on termination of the insured's employment.
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New York Senate Bill S02695

Introduced
1/22/25  
Prohibits the admissibility of evidence of a victim's sexual conduct, sexual predisposition, or manner of dress in civil actions or proceedings; provides limited exceptions.
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New York Senate Bill S02705

Introduced
1/22/25  
Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.
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New York Senate Bill J00259

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Commemorating the 17th Anniversary of Kosovo's Independence
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New York Senate Bill S02665

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings; provides that if no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead; requires state-owned and state-leased buildings to provide adequate notice regarding gender neutral bathrooms.
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New York Senate Bill J00622

Introduced
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2025, as Sikh Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08462

Introduced
7/21/25  
Refer
7/21/25  
Prohibits local, state and federal law enforcement officers from wearing any mask or personal disguise while interacting with the public in the performance of their duties; excludes certain protective masks.
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New York Senate Bill S08472

Introduced
8/6/25  
Refer
8/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Requires biannual certification of cooling towers; increases penalties for violations of such reporting requirements.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02625

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Allows a licensed pharmacist to prescribe and order FDA-approved medication assisted therapy under a non-patient-specific regimen for the treatment of opioid use disease.
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New York Senate Bill S02640

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Includes veterans in the definition of military status to protect veterans from being unlawfully discriminated against.