New York State Senator

Peter Harckham 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 63)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01300

Introduced
12/31/25  
Refer
12/31/25  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Congratulating the York Middle/High School Girls Varsity Volleyball Team upon the occasion of winning the NYSPHSAA Class D State Championship
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New York Senate Bill S09815

Introduced
4/6/26  
Requires insurance companies to deposit a certain percentage of premiums collected but not paid out in prior years for abortion care to the reproductive health care access fund for use for grants under the reproductive freedom and equity grant program; establishes the reproductive health care access fund; relates to the use of funds under the reproductive freedom and equity grant program; directs the governor to provide for funding in the state budget.
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New York Senate Bill S09821

Introduced
4/7/26  
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
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New York Senate Bill J01859

Introduced
4/9/26  
Refer
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Commemorating April 8, 2026, as the One-Year Anniversary of the Jet Set nightclub tragedy in the Dominican Republic, and paying tribute to the many lives lost and injured in the incident
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New York Senate Bill J00594

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Congratulating Carman Bogle for her ceaseless dedication as Mayor of the Village of Cambridge, New York
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New York Senate Bill S08401

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist to include postdoctoral specialty programs and advanced education programs in general dentistry.
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New York Senate Bill S08426

Introduced
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Prevents discrimination by insurers based on an individual's mental health or substance use disorder; incorporates into law federal enforcement rules set forth in the federal mental health parity and addiction equity act of 2008.
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New York Senate Bill J01252

Introduced
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08512

Introduced
9/24/25  
Refer
9/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01852

Introduced
4/7/26  
Refer
4/7/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Mourning the death of Thomas P. Lennane, distinguished citizen and devoted member of his community
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01857

Introduced
4/9/26  
Refer
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Mourning the death of Daniel Strauss, distinguished citizen and devoted member of his community
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New York Senate Bill J01856

Introduced
4/9/26  
Refer
4/9/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of Hendrick Hudson High School
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New York Senate Bill S06986

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Establishes the crimes of assault on a child protective services worker, aggravated assault on a child protective services worker and menacing a child protective services worker.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07201

Introduced
4/3/25  
Authorizes the date of elections of officers in the fire department in the village of Croton-on-Hudson in the county of Westchester to vary from other village fire elections.
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New York Senate Bill J01285

Introduced
9/26/25  
Refer
9/26/25  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Mourning the death of Robert John Arnold, distinguished citizen, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, and respected community member