New York State Senator

Phara Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 22)

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03489

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Authorizes the reissuance of emergency assistance to needy families with children, safety net assistance, SNAP benefits, or emergency assistance for aged, blind and disabled persons in instances of fraud or theft of benefits.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03596

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Enacts "the prison wage act" relating to payment for labor performed by incarcerated individuals.
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New York Assembly Bill A03533

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Authorizes cities and towns, except a city with a population of one million or more, to establish community preservation funds; authorizes such cities and towns to impose a real estate transfer tax with revenues to be deposited in such funds; makes related provisions.
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New York Assembly Bill A03575

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Refer
5/28/25  
Establishes an indirect source review for heavy distribution warehouse operations; requires the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study regarding zero-emissions zones.
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New York Assembly Bill A03582

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Establishes an unemployment bridge program and an unemployment bridge program fund to provide wage replacement to workers that do not qualify for unemployment insurance or other worker wage assistance programs and who have lost a major source of income due to lost work (Part A); establishes the "Digital Ad Tax Act (DATA)" creating a tax on digital advertising services (Part B).
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New York Assembly Bill A03506

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status; prohibits an educational agency, higher education agency, school employee, school safety personnel, or third-party contractor from collecting information about a person's citizenship, immigration status, nationality, or country of origin, unless required by law or necessary to administer a public program or benefit sought by such person.
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New York Assembly Bill A03527

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Provides for the regulation of indoor and outdoor worksites with temperature protection standards and education, training and reporting requirements to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employees.
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New York Assembly Bill A03482

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.
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New York Assembly Bill A01284

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01200

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers; establishes a one fair wage reimbursement credit.
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New York Assembly Bill A01460

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Ensures the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in furtherance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; provides that vehicles carrying materials intended for the construction of any major renewable energy facility, including oversize and superload transport vehicles, shall be permitted to travel on the thruway and state highways, on any day of the week, including Saturday and Sunday.
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New York Assembly Bill A01318

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.
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New York Assembly Bill A01321

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Includes nurse practitioners as a provider of services for purposes of collaborative drug therapy management; makes the authorization for pharmacists to perform such management permanent.
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New York Assembly Bill A01351

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
2/24/25  
Engrossed
3/3/25  
Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.
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New York Assembly Bill A01297

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Enacts the "Marvin Mayfield act", eliminating mandatory minimum sentences.