New York State Senator

Peter Harckham 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 31)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08056

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Permits the county of Westchester to grant a fifty percent preference in the selection of tenants in state aided housing projects to current residents of the county.
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New York Senate Bill S07624

Introduced
4/23/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Engrossed
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Enrolled
8/4/25  
Chaptered
8/7/25  
Extends provisions relating to the imposition of an occupancy tax on the village of Mount Kisco until September 1, 2027.
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New York Senate Bill S07625

Introduced
4/23/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Establishes a speed zone camera demonstration program in the village of Mount Kisco; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S08076

Introduced
5/15/25  
Refer
5/15/25  
Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study of recess held in elementary schools in kindergarten through grade six.
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New York Senate Bill J01059

Introduced
5/16/25  
Refer
5/16/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Commemorating the Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center's Lunch by the Bay honoring Paul Romeo as 2025 Father of the Year on June 29, 2025
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New York Senate Bill J01066

Introduced
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 9, 2025, as Sneakers Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01067

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Honoring the Lexington School for the Deaf upon the occasion of hosting its 28th Annual Basketball Classic vs. Assembly/Senate All-Stars on May 20, 2025
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New York Senate Bill S07618

Introduced
4/23/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Report Pass
5/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/24/26  
Requires certain labeling to be used to indicate the safety dates and quality dates of food products; requires the department of agriculture and markets to educate consumers about such provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S07599

Introduced
4/23/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Regulates automated decision-making by government agencies; requires agencies to conduct impact assessments; requires disclosure of automated decision-making tools utilized by governmental agencies.
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New York Senate Bill S07614

Introduced
4/23/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Provides a cost-of-living adjustment for New York public retirement systems.
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New York Senate Bill S07611

Introduced
4/23/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Directs the department of motor vehicles to develop a plan to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles, by county, in New York state outside of the city of New York; defines accessibility; requires a report to identify any existing local guidelines for accessible vehicles; directs development of benchmarks for increasing wheelchair accessible vehicles.
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New York Senate Bill S07617

Introduced
4/23/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
Enacts the safer consumption services act which provides for the establishment of a program to provide safe injection sites.
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New York Senate Bill S07635

Introduced
4/24/25  
Refer
4/24/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for certain public safety dispatchers, public safety telecommunicators, 911 operators, communications officers, police communication technicians, emergency services operators and emergency services dispatchers employed by the state, or a county or municipal emergency services department.
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New York Senate Bill J00849

Introduced
4/24/25  
Refer
4/24/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim July 2025, as Juvenile Arthritis Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S07638

Introduced
4/24/25  
Refer
4/24/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental resilience, racial equity, valued workforce, valued agricultural sector, animal welfare, and nutrition.