New York State Senator

Phara Forrest 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 23)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01325

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Report Pass

3/25/25

Refer

3/25/25

Report Pass

4/29/25

Refer

4/29/25

Report Pass

4/30/25

Engrossed

4/30/25

Refer

4/30/25

Engrossed

1/12/26

Refer

1/12/26

Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01234

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01240

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes the Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority for the purposes of the continuance, further development and improvement of transportation along the Brooklyn-Queens expressway and other services related thereto.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03781

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time and without advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03934

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Report Pass

1/28/26

Refer

1/28/26

Directs DOCCS, in collaboration with OTDA, OMH and OASAS, to establish a 5-year reintegration pilot program for individuals being released from correctional facilities to provide supports and services to prepare for release, assist with reintegration into the community, and reduce recidivism.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A04028

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the disclosure of video footage related to the death of an incarcerated individual involving a correctional officer to the attorney general's office of special investigation.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03715

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

2/7/25

Refer

1/7/26

Refer

1/30/26

Relates to the taxation of moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property in the state that is not employed in carrying on any business therein.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03981

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that refusal to submit to such field tests is specified to be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03935

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A00895

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires insurance to cover car seats for newborns.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill K00045

Introduced

1/24/25

Refer

1/24/25

Passed

1/27/25

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 27, 2025, as Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03991

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes requirements for the use of artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tools in utilization review and management; defines artificial intelligence.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03989

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires state agencies to develop plans for new Americans that incorporates effective training and resources, ensures culturally and linguistically competent and appropriate services, and includes administrative practices that reach out to and reflect the needs of immigrant populations and populations with limited English proficiency.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03993

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Prohibits discrimination through the use of clinical algorithms; provides exceptions for clinical algorithms that rely on variables to appropriately make decisions, including to identify, evaluate, and address health disparities.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03998

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to employee access to lactation rooms in the workplace; requires that employers post written policies regarding the rights of nursing employees.

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