New York State Senator

Rachel May 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 18)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08872

Introduced
1/13/26  
Prohibits algorithmic wage-setting; provides for exceptions; provides for penalties for violation; creates a private right of action.
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New York Senate Bill S08915

Introduced
1/15/26  
Stabilizes electric costs for New York consumers; restricts unreasonable rate and fee increases; establishes additional auditing and enforcement authorities.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S08902

Introduced
1/14/26  
Ensures services provided in school-based health centers are not provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs.
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New York Senate Bill S08926

Introduced
1/16/26  
Authorizes the New York state thruway authority to issue annual short distance commuter permits which shall provide for travel at no charge between interchanges in permit areas.
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New York Senate Bill S08924

Introduced
1/16/26  
Establishes a stakeholder group in the Oswego river basin to coordinate water release.
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New York Senate Bill S02082

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Provides for a working families tax credit; directs quarterly prepayment of the credit; provides for a sliding reduction in the credit for incomes which exceed a certain threshold.
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New York Senate Bill S02058

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
1/27/26  
Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.
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New York Senate Bill S02075

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Defines noncompliant state agency; provides for timelines and procedures for state agency contracts involving not-for-profit corporations.
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New York Senate Bill S02040

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Requires transmitters of money to provide a warning which informs consumers of certain fraudulent activities that may occur.
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New York Senate Bill S02332

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Repeals managed long term care provisions for Medicaid recipients; establishes provisions for fully integrated plans for long term care including PACE and MAP plans.
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New York Senate Bill S02330

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Imposes an excise tax on sugary drinks; establishes a community health equity fund to utilize the revenues generated by such tax.
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New York Senate Bill S02462

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Enacts the "public renewables transparency act"; relates to the New York power authority's conferral process; requires the conferral report be posted on the authority's website; provides that the authority shall provide an option for stakeholders to submit comments remotely as well, and incorporate feedback from such sessions and written comments into the final draft of the strategic plan; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S01858

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Expands protections regarding violations of safety conditions in adult care facilities; provides penalties for safety violations and operating without a valid license; prohibits reductions in fines in certain circumstances where a patient is endangered or harmed.
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New York Senate Bill S01986

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Extends the time period from eighteen years to twenty-five years that a school shall be guaranteed recovery of energy performance contract costs from energy savings incurred by school districts over that time period.
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New York Senate Bill S01994

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible for child care assistance.