New York State Senator

Paula Kay 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 11)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06452

Introduced

3/5/25

Refer

3/5/25

Report Pass

6/5/25

Refer

6/5/25

Report Pass

6/13/25

Refer

6/13/25

Report Pass

6/13/25

Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06490

Introduced

3/5/25

Refer

3/5/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires instruction in arts and music education to be incorporated into curriculums for all public school students; requires school districts to ensure that appropriately certified teachers are providing such education; authorizes rules and regulations consistent with such provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06457

Introduced

3/5/25

Refer

3/5/25

Report Pass

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

4/7/25

Refer

4/7/25

Report Pass

4/7/25

Extends the provisions relating to the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund until seventeen years after the commencement of the operation of a video lottery terminal facility at Aqueduct racetrack.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06589

Introduced

3/6/25

Refer

3/6/25

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 Assembly Bill A06576

Introduced

3/6/25

Refer

3/6/25

Report Pass

5/28/25

Refer

5/28/25

Report Pass

6/10/25

Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide insurance coverage in amounts equal to the financial responsibility requirements set forth in section three hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law; removes requirements relating to requiring additional insurance coverage.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06571

Introduced

3/6/25

Refer

3/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

1/20/26

Refer

1/20/26

Establishes the comprehensive sexual and reproductive health program to provide funding to providers whose primary function is to facilitate access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services and information for low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals and provide support to providers to facilitate access to care, fund uncompensated care, and support community awareness of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services across New York state.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06588

Introduced

3/6/25

Refer

3/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Designates all agents employed by the city of New York police department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II as peace officers.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06543

Introduced

3/6/25

Refer

3/6/25

Report Pass

5/28/25

Refer

5/28/25

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 Assembly Bill A06564

Introduced

3/6/25

Refer

3/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires drivers to create a center rescue lane on approach of authorized emergency vehicles.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06648

Introduced

3/6/25

Refer

3/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides that certain utilization review determinations shall be made consistent with medical and scientific evidence; includes services for mental health and substance use disorders as part of emergency services.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05563

Introduced

2/14/25

Refer

2/14/25

Report Pass

2/25/25

Refer

2/25/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to the development of a public anti-stigma mental health education program targeting the general public and underserved populations.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05552

Introduced

2/14/25

Refer

2/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes a twenty-five year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the division of military and naval affairs.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05434

Introduced

2/14/25

Refer

2/14/25

Report Pass

5/20/25

Refer

5/20/25

Report Pass

5/27/25

Refer

5/27/25

Report Pass

5/29/25

Requires the office of children and family services to provide luggage to youth in foster care; provides that such luggage shall be distributed to social services districts for distribution to foster care youth; requires the office of children and family services to submit an annual report to the governor and the legislature about the distribution of luggage to foster care youth.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05520

Introduced

2/14/25

Refer

2/14/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires public authorities and public benefit corporations to negotiate with professional firms providing architectural, engineering, geological, landscape architectural or surveying services in order from the most qualified to the least qualified with regard to the provision of services to the authority or corporation.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06597

Introduced

3/6/25

Refer

3/6/25

Refer

1/7/26

Authorizes the imposition of bail for certain offenses involving threats of mass harm against a school district, school, school staff or a student.

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