New York State Senator

Phara Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 12)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06772

Introduced
3/13/25  
Refer
3/13/25  
Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.
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New York Assembly Bill A07014

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Requires institutions and local correctional facilities to adhere to certain standards regarding the surveillance of incarcerated individuals and detainees, and access to such surveillance recordings.
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New York Assembly Bill A06453

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Refer
5/29/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models; defines terms; establishes remedies for violations.
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New York Assembly Bill A06490

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
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.
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New York Assembly Bill A06455

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Authorizes courts to hold evidentiary hearings for a temporary order of protection in certain circumstances; grants superior court judges the authority to issue a temporary order of protection when an action is pending in a local criminal court in certain circumstances.
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New York Assembly Bill A06489

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Enacts the bucks for boilers act, which creates a program to aid in transition of housing units to electric heat pumps and other high energy efficiency upgrades.
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New York Assembly Bill A06460

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Establishes a clinical preceptorship personal income tax credit for certain health care professionals who provide preceptor instruction to students studying to be a health care professional.
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New York Assembly Bill A06540

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Refer
5/6/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Requires synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on synthetic content produced or modified by a synthetic content creations system that such provider makes available.
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New York Assembly Bill A06541

Introduced
3/5/25  
Prohibits payment card networks from assessing penalties against small businesses or financial intermediaries who fail to comply with the credit card surcharge notice requirement; declares any clause of a contract, agreement, or arrangement in violation of such provision void.
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New York Assembly Bill A06590

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Refer
3/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to the qualification of voters; provides that a citizen who is seventeen years of age at the time of a primary election and who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such primary election is held, shall be eligible to vote in such primary election.
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New York Assembly Bill A06543

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
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.
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New York Assembly Bill A06545

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/13/26  
Refer
5/13/26  
Report Pass
5/28/26  
Imposes liability for damages caused by a chatbot impersonating certain licensed professionals.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A05658

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Directs the education department and OCFS to prepare posters and pamphlets with information regarding higher education funding opportunities for foster youth.
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New York Assembly Bill A05736

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Prohibits prior peace officers or police officers whose position as such was terminated or vacated due to misconduct from again becoming a peace officer or a police officer.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06606

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Establishes protections for the rights of pregnant students, parenting students, and students with pregnancy-related conditions in schools; requires schools to establish liaison officers for such students and to disseminate information relating to resources available to such students; directs that rules be established to administer such rights and to establish minimum periods of time for a leave of absence at the student's option.