New York State Senator

Rachel May 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 59)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01725

Introduced
3/12/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 23, 2026, as Pakistan-American Heritage Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01734

Introduced
3/12/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 15-21, 2026, as Agriculture Week in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01723

Introduced
3/10/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Commemorating the 61st Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma-to-Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which served as a catalyst for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
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New York Senate Bill J01724

Introduced
3/10/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Congratulating the 2026 New York State Senate Women of Distinction
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New York Senate Bill J01739

Introduced
3/12/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2026, as Youth Art Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01749

Introduced
3/12/26  
Refer
3/12/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 19, 2026, as West Point Day in New York State
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01753

Introduced
3/13/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Honoring Saint Patrick and all persons of Irish descent upon the occasion of the celebration of Saint Patrick's Day on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, and memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
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New York Senate Bill J01757

Introduced
3/16/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Congratulating the Pavilion/York Air Rifle Team upon the occasion of winning the New York State Rifle Invitational Championship in the Three-Position Event
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New York Senate Bill J01758

Introduced
3/17/26  
Refer
3/17/26  
Passed
3/19/26  
Honoring Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis posthumously upon receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor and his induction into the Hall of Heroes
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01794

Introduced
3/18/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Commemorating the 115th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on March 25, 2026
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09756

Introduced
4/2/26  
Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings; provides for the administration thereof.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09843

Introduced
4/7/26  
Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"; provides that each laborer, worker or mechanic in the employ of a contractor who by request or permission of an employer reports for work on any day shall be paid no less than four hours at the prevailing rate of wages.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01853

Introduced
4/7/26  
Refer
4/7/26  
Report Pass
4/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 12-18, 2026, as Architecture Week in the State of New York

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09483

Introduced
3/17/26  
Provides for the accessibility of consumer financial data; prohibits fees for the transfer of such data to authorized parties.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09830

Introduced
4/7/26  
Authorizes renewable owners to enter into enhanced community benefit agreements with the governing bodies of host municipalities under which direct bill credits are offered to residential customers.