New York State Senator

Paula Kay 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07321

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
10/9/25  
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering.
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New York Assembly Bill A07363

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Relates to protecting the communication rights of individuals with disabilities; provides that each person with a disability has the right to communicate in their preferred manner.
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New York Assembly Bill A06790

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  
Refer
5/12/26  
Report Pass
5/14/26  
Engrossed
5/14/26  
Provides that for taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter or as a volunteer ambulance worker shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to eight hundred dollars; provides for a real property tax exemption under certain circumstances to an enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service residing in such city, village, town, school district, special district, fire district or county.
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New York Assembly Bill A06939

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Requires each school district to ensure that every public school in which school days exceed five hours in duration provides up to thirty minutes of daily recess within the school day for all students in kindergarten through fifth grade and for students in sixth grade who attend an elementary school.
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New York Assembly Bill A06955

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of three megawatts or greater, of no less than seven hundred fifty feet from residential property and no less than three hundred feet from residential property located in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants; requires public hearings prior to the approval of an application for a permit for such systems.
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New York Assembly Bill A07252

Introduced
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Relates to term life insurance suitability information and the limiting of regulations or orders promulgated by the superintendent related thereto.
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New York Assembly Bill A07191

Introduced
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Provides procedures to be followed in appointing a hearing officer for removal and disciplinary action against certain public employees not in the service of the city of New York, including the fees to be paid for such hearing officer; provides for suspension, with pay, pending the determination.
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New York Assembly Bill A07171

Introduced
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Removes references to the terms "masseur" and "masseuse".
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New York Assembly Bill A06721

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Report Pass
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/18/25  
Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A07338

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Provides exceptions to the three-year prohibition of employment with the New York state gaming commission; excludes starters from the three-year prohibition; allows the commission to provide exceptions during the hiring process.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00264

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 2025, as Recovery Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00180

Introduced
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2025, as Nutrition Month in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00178

Introduced
3/10/25  
Congratulating the World Mission Society Church of God upon the occasion of its 60th Anniversary
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New York Assembly Bill K00198

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 17, 2025, as Profound Autism Awareness Day in the State of New York
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New York Assembly Bill K00247

Introduced
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 22-28, 2025, as Doula Week in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of World Doula Week