New York State Senator

Peter Harckham 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 30)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07956

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Prohibits any motor vehicle with a manufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand one pounds or more which utilizes autonomous vehicle technology from being operated on public highways unless a natural person holding a valid license for the operation of the motor vehicle's class is present within such vehicle.
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New York Senate Bill S07964

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Incentivizes projects on certain Brownfield sites through enhanced tax credits.
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New York Senate Bill S08025

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Improves protection of certain potential inter-municipal water supplies located in impoundments in the course of a stream.
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New York Senate Bill S08012

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Chaptered
12/3/25  
Relates to additional considerations regarding the assessment of solar or wind energy systems through a discounted cash flow approach.
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New York Senate Bill S08011

Introduced
5/15/25  
Extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to disability due to disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.
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New York Senate Bill S08090

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Provides that the maximum age requirement of 35 years for police officers to take a competitive examination shall not apply to any police officer of any county, city, town or village police force not otherwise provided for in this section if such officer is a part-time police officer in a non-competitive position and is vested in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.
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New York Senate Bill S08096

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Prevents public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their 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 their dependents by such public employer.
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New York Senate Bill S08095

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Requires a mitigation ratio of three acres of mitigation for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and one acre of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit.
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New York Senate Bill S08055

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Expands eligibility for admission to New York state veterans' homes to certain veterans who have an immediate family member who shall have been a resident of this state for six months prior to the date of application for admission; defines an immediate family member to include a spouse, or a birth or adoptive parent, child, sibling, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, grandparent and grandchild; requires, where applicable, the immediate family member of a veteran applicant to file an affidavit of New York state residence; authorizes veterans with an immediate family member who has been a New York state resident for six months to be entitle to admission to the Long Island state veterans home at Stony Brook university.
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New York Senate Bill S08084

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Establishes an animal abuser registry; requires background checks for pet store and animal shelter licenses.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07987

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Ensures continuity of care for cancer patients during insurance contract negotiations by requiring insurance coverage and treatment continue until the conclusion of care.
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New York Senate Bill J01026

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim July 20, 2025, as Colombian Heritage Day in the State of New York, on the 215th Anniversary of Colombian Independence
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New York Senate Bill S08054

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Expands the use of body scanners to facilities operated by the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities; establishes alternative methods of screening.
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New York Senate Bill S08157

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Enacts the "NYS health care tax reform act"; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on insurance corporations; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on business corporations; establishes a public goods and medicaid subsidy surcharge on pass-through entities; relates to filing fee surcharges; relates to revenues to be included in the health care reform act resources fund; establishes a public goods and medicaid surcharge on misclassified workers.
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New York Senate Bill S08081

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Provides alternate education and experience requirements for mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychoanalysts licensed prior to 06/24/2027, to be issued privilege to diagnose and develop assessment-based treatment plans; removes fees for application for such diagnostic privileges.