New York State Senator

Rachel May 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00934

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Requires the owner, licensee or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system to conspicuously display a notice on the system's user interface that is reasonably calculated to consistently apprise the user that the outputs of the generative artificial intelligence system may be inaccurate.
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New York Senate Bill S00923

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Enrolled
12/1/25  
Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent" to not being enrolled in any party.
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New York Senate Bill S00937

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Prohibits the use of aversive conditioning which includes any procedure which causes obvious signs of physical pain, including but not limited to hitting, pinching and electric shock; prohibits the use of any procedure or punishment which denies a vulnerable person reasonable sleep, shelter, bedding, bathroom facilities and any other aspect expected of a humane existence; defines terms.
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New York Senate Bill S00956

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program which shall provide grants within amounts appropriated or otherwise available therefor to affordable independent senior housing properties to establish and operate resident assistance programs.
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New York Senate Bill S00914

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Relates to creating a separate tax on inheritance income, creating a separate tax on gift income, the computation of the estate tax, and creating a gift tax.
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New York Senate Bill S00929

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Engrossed
1/22/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information.
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New York Senate Bill S00954

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes the teachers' fossil fuel divestment act; requires the New York state teachers' retirement system to divest the retirement system of any stocks, securities, equities, assets, or other obligations of corporations or companies included on an exclusion list of coal producers and oil and gas producers.
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New York Senate Bill S00947

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
4/1/25  
Refer
4/1/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00925

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Relates to penalties for failure to comply with maintenance and reporting of vacant and abandoned properties, and reporting and release of information; provides for the sharing of information between municipalities; provides for enforcement for failure to report on abandoned and vacant properties.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00912

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/27/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to the creation of a statewide residential rental registry providing information relating to rental units including the number and types of code violations issued by the appropriate enforcement agency, and the number of findings of harassment currently on record with the code enforcement agencies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00906

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Makes permanent provisions creating a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00597

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Establishes the "small water utility transparency act"; requires the public service commission and the department of environmental conservation to conduct audits of certain private water companies; requires certain private water companies which are under certain investigations to file public updates on the status of compliance with such orders.
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New York Senate Bill S00566

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/16/26  
Permits enrollment in the address confidentiality program for election officers.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00918

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires lead testing of children participating in the WIC program.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00919

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/27/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/27/26  
Report Pass
1/27/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Requires local boards and the division of housing and community renewal to submit certain residential housing and zoning information to the department of state annually; requires such information to be published by the department of state on its website.